Breakdown of Büyük incirler küçükler kadar tatlı değil.
büyük
big
küçük
small
değil
not
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
incir
fig
tatlı
sweet
Questions & Answers about Büyük incirler küçükler kadar tatlı değil.
Why is there no Turkish word for "ones" in küçükler?
In English, we say "the small ones" so we don't repeat the noun. In Turkish, you can just treat the adjective itself like a noun! By adding the plural suffix -ler directly to the adjective küçük (small), it becomes küçükler (the small ones).
How does the "as... as" comparison work here? Where is the first "as"?
Turkish doesn't use a two-part phrase like English does. You just put the noun you are comparing against (küçükler), followed by the postposition kadar (meaning "as much as"), and then the adjective (tatlı). Literally, it reads as "the small ones as-much-as sweet".
Does kadar require a specific case ending on küçükler?
When using kadar with regular nouns (including adjectives turned into nouns, like küçükler), the noun takes no case ending and stays in the basic nominative form. You only need the genitive case with kadar when it follows certain personal pronouns, like benim kadar (as much as me).
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