Breakdown of Hırslı öğrenci, ödevi yetiştirmek için kitabı yutarcasına okuyordu.
kitap
book
öğrenci
student
okumak
to read
ödev
homework
Questions & Answers about Hırslı öğrenci, ödevi yetiştirmek için kitabı yutarcasına okuyordu.
How is the word yutarcasına formed here, and why is the -ar part included?
It comes from the verb yutmak (to swallow). To use the -casına suffix (meaning 'as if' or 'in the manner of') with a verb, you first put the verb into the aorist tense. So, yut becomes yutar (swallows), and adding -casına gives us yutarcasına (as if swallowing or devouring).
Is kitabı yutarcasına okumak a common idiom in Turkish, or just a literal translation of 'devouring a book'?
It is a very natural and common Turkish expression. While yutmak literally means 'to swallow', combining it with -casına and okumak vividly describes reading something extremely quickly and eagerly, exactly like 'devouring a book' in English.
Why does the sentence use yetiştirmek for 'to finish'? Doesn't it mean 'to grow' or 'to raise'?
While yetiştirmek can mean 'to raise' (like plants or children), its root is yetişmek (to reach or to make it on time). When you use its causative form yetiştirmek with tasks like an assignment (ödev), it means 'to make it reach the deadline' or simply 'to finish on time'.
Both ödevi and kitabı have accusative endings. Could we drop them and just say ödev yetiştirmek or kitap okuyordu?