Breakdown of Eczacı çok dikkatli bir insan.
bir
a / an
çok
very
insan
person
dikkatli
careful
eczacı
pharmacist
Questions & Answers about Eczacı çok dikkatli bir insan.
Why doesn't the k in çok or the t in dikkatli change to ğ or d here?
Consonant mutation (where k becomes ğ, t becomes d, etc.) only happens when you add a suffix that starts with a vowel. Since çok is a separate word taking no suffix here, and the suffix on dikkatli starts with a consonant (-li), the letters stay exactly as they are.
Why is bir in the middle of the phrase (çok dikkatli bir insan) instead of at the beginning?
In Turkish, the indefinite article bir (a/an) usually goes immediately before the noun and after any adjectives. So instead of saying 'a very careful person', Turkish orders it as 'very careful a person' (çok dikkatli bir insan).
How is the word eczacı (pharmacist) formed?
It is made from the word ecza (drugs or medicine) plus the occupational suffix -cı. This suffix is used to describe someone's profession, similar to '-er' or '-ist' in English. It follows 4-way vowel harmony, so you will also see it as -ci, -cu, or -cü on other words.
What does the -li suffix do in the word dikkatli?
The root word is dikkat (attention or care). The suffix -li means 'with' or 'having'. So dikkatli literally translates to 'with attention' or 'having care', which gives us the adjective 'careful'.
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