Breakdown of Badem ve fındık istedim, satıcı karışıklardan verdi.
ve
and
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
vermek
to give
satıcı
seller / shopkeeper
fındık
hazelnut
karışık
mixed
badem
almond
Questions & Answers about Badem ve fındık istedim, satıcı karışıklardan verdi.
How can the adjective karışık (mixed) take plural and case suffixes in karışıklardan?
In Turkish, when an adjective is used without a noun following it, it can act like a noun itself. This is called substantivization. Since the noun it describes is dropped (like 'mixed nuts'), karışık takes on the noun's suffixes. Here, it takes the plural -lar to mean 'mixed ones'.
Why does karışıklardan use the ablative suffix -dan (from) instead of the accusative?
The ablative suffix -dan is often used to mean 'some of' a larger group or quantity. Instead of saying the seller gave all the mixed nuts (which would use the accusative karışıkları), karışıklardan verdi means the seller gave 'from the mixed ones' or a portion of them.
The English translation says 'almonds and hazelnuts', so why are badem and fındık in the singular form?
When talking about categories or types of things in a general sense, especially when buying produce or bulk items by weight, Turkish uses the singular form. You are asking for the general category of almond and hazelnut, not a specific countable number of individual nuts.
How is the word satıcı (seller) formed?
It comes from the verb satmak (to sell). The suffix -ıcı or -ici is added to verb roots to describe a person or thing that performs that action, very similar to the '-er' ending in English.
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