Breakdown of Çok ekmek yiyorum ama doymuyorum.
çok
a lot of / many
ekmek
bread
yemek
to eat
ama
but
doymak
to be full (sated)
Questions & Answers about Çok ekmek yiyorum ama doymuyorum.
How is the negative present continuous formed in doymuyorum?
The root verb is doy- (to get full). This lesson teaches the negative suffix -mIyor. Because the vowel in doy- is 'o', 4-way vowel harmony changes the 'I' in the negative suffix to 'u'. So we combine doy- + -mu- + -yor- + -um (I), making doymuyorum.
The verb to eat is yemek, so why is it yiyorum instead of 'yeyorum'?
The root of the verb is ye-. When you add the present continuous suffix -yor to a verb ending in 'e' or 'a', that final vowel narrows to 'i', 'ı', 'u', or 'ü'. Here, the 'e' changes to 'i', so ye- becomes yiyorum (I am eating).
Why doesn't ekmek have a plural suffix since I am eating 'a lot of' it?
In Turkish, when you use a quantity word like çok (a lot / much) or a number before a noun, the noun itself always stays singular. You just say çok ekmek, never 'çok ekmekler'.
What does the suffix -um do at the end of both verbs?
The -um is the personal suffix for 'I' (ben). Because both yiyorum and doymuyorum use the -yor suffix, their last vowel is 'o'. Therefore, they both take the exact same -um ending to show who is doing the action.
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