Breakdown of Bu mevsim ağacın dibinde yaklaşık iki üç çeşit mantar bulduk.
bu
this
ağaç
tree
iki
two
üç
three
Questions & Answers about Bu mevsim ağacın dibinde yaklaşık iki üç çeşit mantar bulduk.
Why use both yaklaşık and iki üç together? Isn't 'approximately two three' redundant?
While consecutive numbers like iki üç already imply 'two or three', adding yaklaşık (approximately) is very common in Turkish to emphasize that it is an estimate. It feels completely natural, just like saying 'about two or three' in English.
Why are the nouns çeşit and mantar in the singular form if we found two or three of them?
In Turkish grammar, whenever you use a specific number or a numerical approximation like iki üç right before a noun, that noun must stay singular. That is why we say iki üç çeşit instead of iki üç çeşitler.
What exactly is happening with the spelling in ağacın dibinde (at the bottom of the tree)?
This is a noun compound showing possession (literally 'the tree's bottom'). ağaç (tree) gets the genitive suffix -ın, causing its ç to soften to c. dip (bottom) gets the possessive suffix -i, causing its p to soften to b. Finally, the locative suffix -de (at) is added, separated by the buffer letter n.
Why is there no locative suffix (like -de) on Bu mevsim to say 'In this season'?