Breakdown of Nakliyeci hesapladığı kadar ağırlık taşıdı.
taşımak
to carry
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
hesaplamak
to calculate
nakliyeci
mover / transporter (freight or moving company)
Questions & Answers about Nakliyeci hesapladığı kadar ağırlık taşıdı.
How exactly does hesapladığı kadar translate to 'as much as he calculated'?
The root is hesapla- (to calculate). We add the past/present participle -dık, which softens to -dığ because it is followed by the 3rd person singular possessive suffix -ı ('his'). Paired with kadar ('as much as'), it literally means 'as much as his calculating', giving us 'as much as he calculated' in natural English.
What is the base word of nakliyeci?
The base word is nakliye, which means 'transportation' or 'freight'. The occupational suffix -ci makes it 'someone who does transportation', translating here to 'mover' or 'transporter'.
How is the word ağırlık (weight) formed?
Why doesn't ağırlık take the accusative case ending here (like ağırlığı taşıdı)?
Because 'weight' is an indefinite direct object in this sentence. The mover is not carrying a specific, previously known weight ('the weight'), but rather an unspecified amount of it ('as much weight as'). Indefinite direct objects in Turkish always stay in their bare, dictionary form.