Breakdown of Karışık kuruyemiş yedikçe tuzluları seçiyor.
yemek
to eat
seçmek
to choose
kuruyemiş
nuts
tuzlu
salty
Questions & Answers about Karışık kuruyemiş yedikçe tuzluları seçiyor.
Where is the word for "ones" in the Turkish translation for "the salty ones"?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "ones". As you learn about substantivization, you can see how the adjective tuzlu (salty) acts like a noun just by taking noun suffixes. We add the plural suffix -lar to make tuzlular (salty ones).
Why is there an -ı at the very end of tuzluları?
That is the accusative case suffix. Since the salty nuts are the specific direct object being chosen (the verb is seçiyor), the word needs the accusative ending. So we get tuzlu + -lar + -ı to mean the specific salty ones.
What does the suffix on yedikçe mean?
The suffix -dikçe attached to a verb root means as an action happens or the more an action happens. Here, ye- (to eat) + -dikçe gives us as he eats. It shows the choosing happens continually alongside the eating.
Why doesn't karışık kuruyemiş have an accusative suffix like tuzluları does?
He is eating mixed nuts in general, not the specific mixed nuts. In Turkish, general or non-specific direct objects stay in their bare dictionary form. Since tuzluları refers to specific nuts from within the mix, it gets the accusative suffix, but the general kuruyemiş does not.