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Boşluğun ölçüsü senin düşündüğün kadar santimetre değil.

Boşluğun ölçüsü senin düşündüğün kadar santimetre değil.
The dimension of the gap is not as many centimeters as you thought.
From Lesson 284:As much as (-dığı kadar)·Turkish

Questions & Answers about Boşluğun ölçüsü senin düşündüğün kadar santimetre değil.

What does the -düğün ending on düşünmek do here?
This uses the -dik suffix, which changes to -düğ- due to vowel harmony and consonant softening. When you combine a verb with -dik, a possessive ending (like -ün for "your"), and the word kadar (as much as), it creates a phrase meaning "as much as [someone] does/did". So, senin düşündüğün kadar means "as much as you thought".
The English translation uses the past tense "thought". Does düşündüğün only mean past tense?
No, the -dik suffix can refer to either the present or the past depending on context. Senin düşündüğün kadar could mean "as much as you think" or "as much as you thought". Here, it translates best as "thought" because the person likely formed their expectation before the gap was actually measured.
Why are we using the full possessive boşluğun ölçüsü instead of just boşluk ölçüsü?
Adding the genitive suffix -un to boşluk makes it a specific, definite noun. Boşluğun ölçüsü means "the dimension of this specific gap". Without the -un, boşluk ölçüsü would mean the general concept or category of "gap measurement."
Why does boşluk change to boşluğun with a ğ instead of a k?
This is consonant softening (mutation). When a word ends in k and takes a suffix starting with a vowel, the k softens to a ğ. You can see this exact same rule happening in the new grammar structure too: düşündük becomes düşündüğün when the -ün ending is added.
Why is the phrase senin düşündüğün kadar placed directly before santimetre?
In Turkish, modifiers always come before the thing they describe. The entire phrase senin düşündüğün kadar (as much as you thought) acts as an adjective describing the quantity, so it sits right in front of santimetre to mean "as many centimeters as you thought."

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