Breakdown of Kutuplarda buzullar eridiğinden beri dünyada seller artıyor.
beri
since
erimek
to melt
dünya
world / Earth
artmak
to increase
Questions & Answers about Kutuplarda buzullar eridiğinden beri dünyada seller artıyor.
How exactly does eridiğinden beri translate to "since [they] melted"?
It builds on the verb root eri- (to melt). We add -dik (which turns the verb into a noun-like fact), then the possessive -i (meaning 'its' or 'their'). After that, we add the buffer -n-, the ablative case -den ('from'), and finally the postposition beri ('since'). Literally, it reads like "Since from the fact of their melting."
Why is there a ğ in eridiğinden if the suffix is normally -dik?
This is a classic case of consonant mutation. When the vowel -i (the possessive suffix) is attached to eridik, the hard consonant k softens into a ğ to make the pronunciation smoother (eridik + i becomes eridiği).
Since buzullar (glaciers) is plural, why doesn't the clause use the plural suffix, like eridiklerinden beri?
In Turkish, when a plural subject is non-human or inanimate (like animals, objects, or glaciers), it typically takes singular grammatical endings. Because of this rule, we use the 3rd person singular possessive -i rather than the plural -leri.
The word beri (since) follows the -den suffix here. Is this the same rule used for simple time phrases?