Learn Turkish: Malın bedeli hesaplıydı, bu yüzden satıcıyla hemen tokalaştık. - The price of the goods was affordable, therefore we shook hands with the seller immediately.

While fiyat strictly means "price," bedel carries a slightly broader meaning of "value," "cost," or "the equivalent worth paid for something." In commercial transactions, malın bedeli is a very natural and common phrasing, though malın fiyatı would also be completely correct.

Hesap means "calculation" or "bill." How does hesaplı mean "affordable"?

The suffix -lı means "with" or "characterized by." So hesaplı literally translates to "having a calculation." In everyday Turkish, this evolved into a set adjective meaning that something makes good mathematical sense to buy—in other words, it is "economical," "reasonably priced," or "affordable."

How does the verb tokalaştık break down?

It starts with the noun toka (handshake). Adding the reciprocal suffix -laş turns it into the verb tokalaşmak, which means "to shake hands with each other." Then we add the past tense -tı and the "we" ending -k. Because reciprocal verbs describe a mutual action, they are usually paired with a "with" word, which is why we see satıcıyla (with the seller) right before it.

How could I rewrite this to say "The more affordable the price was, the faster we shook hands" using this lesson's grammar?