Breakdown of Bölgede çatışma giderek şiddetleniyor.
bölge
region
giderek
increasingly / gradually
şiddetlenmek
to intensify
çatışma
conflict
Questions & Answers about Bölgede çatışma giderek şiddetleniyor.
Why does giderek mean "gradually" when the root verb gitmek means "to go"?
The suffix -(y)erek creates an adverb meaning "by doing" or "while doing" an action. While giderek literally translates to "by going", it has become a fixed, everyday adverb in Turkish meaning "gradually" or "increasingly" (think of it as happening as time "goes" on).
How is the verb şiddetleniyor built?
It is derived from the noun şiddet, which means "intensity" or "violence". The suffix -len (or -lan) is added to nouns to create a verb meaning "to acquire [noun]" or "to become [noun]". Finally, adding the present continuous -iyor gives us şiddetleniyor (it is intensifying).
Is the word çatışma (conflict) built from a verb?
Yes! It is the verbal noun form of çatışmak (to clash or to conflict). Going even deeper, the root is çatmak (to hit together), which combines with the reciprocal suffix -ış to mean "hitting against each other", perfectly capturing the idea of a conflict.
How would we apply this lesson's -mAktA olan grammar to turn this sentence into the noun phrase "the conflict that is gradually intensifying in the region"?
You would replace the main verb's tense suffix with the present continuous participle structure and move it before the subject it describes. The phrase becomes: Bölgede giderek şiddetlenmekte olan çatışma... This creates a formal, ongoing relative clause that is extremely common in Turkish news reporting.