Breakdown of Bu araziye üzüm dikeceksek, önce mesafeleri hesaplayalım.
bu
this
önce
before / first / firstly
mesafe
distance
arazi
land / terrain
üzüm
grape
dikmek
to plant
hesaplamak
to calculate
Questions & Answers about Bu araziye üzüm dikeceksek, önce mesafeleri hesaplayalım.
Why does arazi take the dative suffix -ye in this sentence?
The verb dikmek (to plant) requires the dative case for the place where something is being planted. Because you are planting the grapes 'into' the terrain, arazi (terrain) becomes araziye.
How is the compound verb dikeceksek formed?
It combines the future tense -ecek with the conditional -se and the personal ending -k (we). Dik-ecek-se-k translates to 'if we are going to plant'. Adding a conditional suffix to a tense like this is how you express 'if' scenarios about the future.
How could we use this lesson's distributive suffix to say we want the distances to be 'two meters each'?
By attaching the distributive suffix -şer to the number iki (two), you get ikişer. You could say ikişer metre mesafe to mean 'distances of two meters each' or 'two meters apart' when planting the grapes.
What grammatical form creates hesaplayalım?
It uses the optative suffix -alım for the first-person plural ('we'), which translates to 'let's'. The verb root is hesaplamak (to calculate), and the -y- is a buffer letter to separate the vowels, making it hesapla-y-alım (let's calculate).
Why is the accusative case used in mesafeleri?
The distances are specific and are the direct object of the verb hesaplayalım (let's calculate). Therefore, mesafeler (distances) takes the accusative suffix -i to become mesafeleri (the distances).
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