Word
Peşin ödersen, hesaplı bir fiyatta anlaşır ve tokalaşırız.
Meaning
If you pay in cash, we agree on an affordable price and shake hands.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Peşin ödersen, hesaplı bir fiyatta anlaşır ve tokalaşırız.
bir
a / an
ve
and
ödemek
to pay
fiyat
price
Questions & Answers about Peşin ödersen, hesaplı bir fiyatta anlaşır ve tokalaşırız.
Why does anlaşır not have a personal suffix, but tokalaşırız does?
When two verbs share the same tense and personal suffix and are joined by a conjunction like ve (and), Turkish often drops the suffixes on the first verb to avoid repetition. The -ız (we) on tokalaşırız automatically applies to anlaşır too.
Both anlaşmak and tokalaşmak contain a -ş- sound. Is this a coincidence?
No, this is the reciprocal suffix (-ş- or -laş- / -leş-), which indicates an action done mutually with someone else. For example, anlamak is "to understand," but anlaşmak is "to understand each other" (to agree). Toka means handshake, and tokalaşmak means "to shake hands with each other."
Why do we use the locative case in fiyatta anlaşırız to say "we agree on a price"?
In English, you agree on a topic or price, but the Turkish verb anlaşmak requires the locative case (-da / -de / -ta / -te) for the thing being agreed upon. Think of it literally as finding mutual understanding at a certain price.
Hesap means "bill" or "calculation". How does hesaplı mean "affordable"?
The suffix -lı means "with" or "having." While hesaplı literally translates to "calculated," in daily Turkish it is the standard word for "affordable," "economical," or "reasonably priced"—implying it makes good mathematical sense for your budget.