Breakdown of Arazi çok genişse, sıraları ellişer ellişer hizalayalım.
çok
very
elli
fifty
geniş
wide / spacious
sıra
row / line
arazi
land / terrain
hizalamak
to align
Questions & Answers about Arazi çok genişse, sıraları ellişer ellişer hizalayalım.
Why is the word ellişer repeated twice in this sentence?
The suffix -(ş)ar / -(ş)er creates distributive numbers. Elli means "fifty", and since it ends in a vowel, it takes the buffer ş to become ellişer (fifty each). In Turkish, repeating a distributive number like ellişer ellişer turns it into an adverb. Here, it means "in groups of fifty" or "fifty at a time", describing exactly how we should align the rows.
What is the suffix on genişse doing?
The -se is the conditional suffix meaning "if". While you often see it attached to verbs, it can also attach directly to adjectives and nouns. Here, geniş (wide/large) + -se translates simply to "if it is large". If the adjective ended in a vowel, it would need a y buffer (for example, kötüyse - "if it is bad").
Why does sıraları have the accusative case ending?
Sıraları is the direct object of the verb hizalayalım (let's align). Because we are talking about aligning specific rows in this terrain (rather than just aligning "some rows" in general), we take sıra (row), add the plural -lar, and finish with the definite accusative suffix -ı.
How do you break down the verb hizalayalım?
The root is the noun hiza (alignment/line), which becomes the verb hizalamak (to align). The stem is hizala-. To make the "let's" form (the first-person plural optative), we add the suffix -alım / -elim. Since the stem ends in a vowel, we must insert the buffer letter y, giving us hizala-y-alım (let's align).
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