Breakdown of Adam çok kibirliydi, ayrıca bütün gece kendinden bahsetti.
adam
man
çok
very
gece
night
kendi
self
bahsetmek
to talk about
ayrıca
moreover, in addition
bütün
all, whole
kibirli
arrogant
Questions & Answers about Adam çok kibirliydi, ayrıca bütün gece kendinden bahsetti.
How does ayrıca function here, and could we use üstelik instead?
Both are conjunctions that add extra, reinforcing information, so üstelik would work perfectly here too. Ayrıca means "furthermore" or "additionally" (related to ayrı, meaning separate). Üstelik means "moreover" or "on top of that" and often carries a slightly stronger tone of annoyance or complaint, which fits this sentence well.
Why does the sentence use kendinden (from himself) instead of a word for "about"?
The verb bahsetmek (to talk about / to mention) always requires the ablative case (-den/-dan). In Turkish, you don't talk "about" a topic, you talk "from" it. Here, we have kendi (self) plus the -n- buffer and the -den ablative suffix.
How is the verb bahsetti formed?
It is a compound verb made from the noun bahis (mention/topic) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When they join, the second vowel in bahis drops out, becoming bahsetmek. The -ti at the end is the simple past tense suffix for "he/she/it".
Can you break down the suffixes in kibirliydi?
The root is the noun kibir (arrogance). Adding -li creates the adjective kibirli (arrogant). To say "was arrogant" in the past tense, we add -di. Because the adjective ends in a vowel, it needs the buffer letter -y- to connect to the past tense ending, resulting in kibirliydi.
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