Word
Çizgileri altışar metre olarak hesapladık.
Meaning
We calculated the lines at six meters apart.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Çizgileri altışar metre olarak hesapladık.
altı
six
metre
meter
olarak
as / in the capacity of
çizgi
line (drawn)
Questions & Answers about Çizgileri altışar metre olarak hesapladık.
Why does "six meters apart" translate to altışar metre?
The distributive suffix -(ş)ar / -(ş)er usually means "each" or "at a time". In this context, applying it to altı (six) to make altışar indicates that each gap between the lines is six meters. This is the natural way to express "at intervals of" or "apart" in Turkish.
Why is there a ş in altışar instead of just -ar?
The suffix is -ar or -er depending on vowel harmony. However, if the number ends in a vowel, you must use the buffer letter ş. Since altı ends in a vowel, it becomes altı + ş + ar = altışar. This is unique to distributive numbers; other suffixes usually use y, n, or s as buffers.
What is the exact function of olarak in this sentence?
olarak comes from the verb olmak (to be) plus the adverbial suffix -(y)arak. It translates to "as". So literally, the sentence says that we calculated the lines "as" six meters each.
Why does çizgileri have the accusative suffix -i?