Breakdown of Büyükler çok pahalı, bu yüzden küçük kayısıları alıyorum.
büyük
big
küçük
small
çok
very
pahalı
expensive
almak
to take, to buy
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
kayısı
apricot
Questions & Answers about Büyükler çok pahalı, bu yüzden küçük kayısıları alıyorum.
How does büyükler mean "the big ones" when büyük just means "big"?
In Turkish, you can turn an adjective into a noun by adding noun suffixes to it. Here, adding the plural suffix -ler to the adjective büyük replaces the missing noun, creating the meaning "the big ones". This is called substantivization.
Why isn't there a plural suffix on küçük? Could we say küçükler kayısıları?
No, because küçük is acting as a regular adjective here, directly modifying the noun kayısıları (the apricots). Turkish adjectives never take plural or case suffixes when they stand right in front of the noun they modify. You only add suffixes to the adjective when the noun is dropped entirely, as we did with büyükler.
Why does kayısıları have an extra -ı at the end instead of just being kayısılar?
The extra -ı is the specific accusative case suffix. Because you are buying specific, known small apricots (the ones right in front of you, compared to the big ones), it is a specific direct object and requires the accusative case.
What is the literal translation of bu yüzden?
The word yüzden comes from yüz (face) plus the ablative suffix -den (from). Literally, bu yüzden means "from this face", but it is the standard fixed expression used to mean "because of this", "for this reason", or "therefore".
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