Breakdown of Küresel iklim değiştiğinden beri selin etkisi daha kötüymüş.
kötü
bad
daha
more
beri
since
iklim
climate
değişmek
to change (intransitive, undergo change)
küresel
global
etki
effect
sel
flood
Questions & Answers about Küresel iklim değiştiğinden beri selin etkisi daha kötüymüş.
How is değiştiğinden beri formed to mean "since it changed"?
It uses the pattern you are currently learning for "since doing something". We start with the verb stem değiş- (to change). We add the participle suffix -dik (which becomes -tiğ due to consonant mutation and vowel harmony). Then we add the 3rd person possessive -i, a buffer -n-, and the ablative suffix -den (from). Finally, we add the word beri (since).
Why does değiştiğinden need a possessive suffix?
In Turkish, these temporal clauses act like noun phrases. The possessive suffix shows who or what is doing the action. Here, the 3rd person singular -i refers to küresel iklim (the global climate). You are essentially saying "from the global climate's changing."
What makes selin etkisi mean "the flood's impact"?
This is a specific noun compound using the genitive and possessive suffixes. Sel (flood) takes the genitive suffix -in to mean "the flood's", and etki (impact) takes the 3rd person possessive suffix -si to mean "its impact". Together, they link the two words strictly to each other to show possession or belonging.
What does the -müş suffix add to kötü (bad) at the end of the sentence?
The suffix -miş or -müş is the inferential past tense, often called the "hearsay" tense. When attached to an adjective like kötü with the buffer -y-, it implies "apparently," "I heard," or "it seems." The speaker is stating that they learned the flood is worse from someone else or from a report, rather than experiencing it directly.
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