Breakdown of Nakliyeci kamyona sığdığı kadar kutu yerleştirdi.
kutu
box
kamyon
truck
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
yerleştirmek
to place / to arrange (physically)
nakliyeci
mover / transporter (freight or moving company)
sığmak
to fit (into something)
Questions & Answers about Nakliyeci kamyona sığdığı kadar kutu yerleştirdi.
How does sığdığı kadar mean as many as would fit?
This uses the lesson's grammar point: verb root + -dIk + possessive + kadar to show the extent or limit of an action. The verb is sığmak (to fit into). The -k in the suffix softens to -ğ, and the 3rd person possessive -ı is added. So, sığdığı kadar literally translates to "as much as its fitting" or "up to the extent that it fits".
Why is kutu singular if the English translation says boxes?
In Turkish, nouns remain singular when they follow a number or a quantifier. Because the phrase sığdığı kadar acts as a quantity here (meaning "as many as fit"), kutu stays singular just like it would after a word like çok (a lot of).
Why does the sentence use the dative case kamyona instead of the locative kamyonda?
In English, we say boxes are placed "in" a truck. However, Turkish uses the dative case (-a or -e, meaning "to" or "into") with verbs of placement and fitting like yerleştirmek (to place into) and sığmak (to fit into) because they involve movement toward a destination.
How is the verb yerleştirdi built?
It starts with the noun yer (place). Adding -leş creates the verb yerleşmek (to settle in). Then, the causative suffix -tir changes it to yerleştirmek (to place something or make it settle). Finally, -di is the simple past tense ending.
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