Word
Topluluk önünde konuşurken kızarmaktan korkuyorum.
Meaning
I am afraid of blushing while speaking in public.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Topluluk önünde konuşurken kızarmaktan korkuyorum.
konuşmak
to speak / to talk
korkmak
to fear
ön
front
topluluk
community / public (group, gathering)
Questions & Answers about Topluluk önünde konuşurken kızarmaktan korkuyorum.
Why is the ablative suffix -tan attached to the infinitive in kızarmaktan?
The verb korkmak (to fear) always requires the thing you are afraid of to take the ablative case (-dan/-den/-tan/-ten). Because the thing you fear here is an action (blushing), we use the full infinitive kızarmak and add -tan, forming kızarmaktan (literally 'from to-blush').
How is konuşurken (while speaking) formed?
The suffix -ken means 'while'. When attaching it to verbs, we usually put the verb into the aorist (simple present) tense first. Here, we take konuşmak (to speak), change it to the aorist form konuşur, and add -ken to get konuşurken (while speaking).
What is the literal translation of topluluk önünde?
It literally means 'in front of the community' or 'in front of the crowd'. Topluluk means community or group. Önünde means 'in its front' (from ön, meaning front, plus the possessive -ü and locative -nde). Together they form the standard Turkish phrase for 'in public'.
What is the root verb of kızarmaktan and does it only mean 'blush'?