Breakdown of Boşluğun ölçüsü senin düşündüğün kadar santimetre değil.
sen
you
değil
not
düşünmek
to think
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
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?
Why does boşluk change to boşluğun with a ğ instead of a k?