Breakdown of Protestocular, meydanda devam etmekte olan saldırıya giderek daha çok kızıyor.
çok
very
olmak
to be
meydan
square
daha
more
kızmak
to get angry
devam etmek
to continue
giderek
increasingly / gradually
protestocu
protester
saldırı
attack
Questions & Answers about Protestocular, meydanda devam etmekte olan saldırıya giderek daha çok kızıyor.
How does devam etmekte olan differ from the simpler devam eden?
Both translate to "which is continuing." However, -mAktA olan specifically emphasizes that the action is currently ongoing right at this moment. It is formed by combining the continuous marker -mAktA with olan (the relative participle of olmak). It sounds slightly more formal and paints a stronger picture of an action in progress compared to the standard -(y)An suffix.
Why does saldırı take the dative ending -(y)a here to become saldırıya?
In Turkish, the verb kızmak (to get angry) requires the target of the anger to be in the dative case. While in English you get angry "at" or "about" something, in Turkish you mathematically direct your anger "to" it. Therefore, "angry at the attack" becomes saldırıya kızıyor.
Does giderek mean "by going" in this sentence?
Literally, yes; it is formed from gitmek (to go) and the adverbial suffix -(y)ArAk (by doing). However, it is used here as a set adverb meaning "increasingly" or "gradually." When paired with daha çok, the phrase giderek daha çok means "increasingly more" or "getting more and more."
Why is the verb kızıyor in the singular form when the subject Protestocular is plural?
In Turkish, when a plural subject is human, the verb can take either a singular or plural ending. Using the singular verb (kızıyor instead of kızıyorlar) is very common and completely natural, especially when treating the protesters as a collective group acting together.
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