Breakdown of Sadeleştiğimiz sürece karar vermek kolaylaşıyor.
karar vermek
to decide
sürece
as long as
sadeleşmek
to become simple / to become minimalist
kolaylaşmak
to become easy / to become easier
Questions & Answers about Sadeleştiğimiz sürece karar vermek kolaylaşıyor.
How do the adjectives sade and kolay turn into verbs in this sentence?
They use the suffix -laş or -leş, which attaches to a noun or adjective to mean 'to become' that state. Here, sade (simple) becomes sadeleşmek (to become simple), and kolay (easy) becomes kolaylaşmak (to become easy).
Why is sadeleştiğimiz used instead of sadeleştirdiğimiz if the English translation says 'we simplify'?
The suffix -leş makes an intransitive verb, meaning the action happens to the subject itself without a direct object. Sadeleşmek means 'to become simple' in a general sense. If you wanted to say 'As long as we simplify our lives' (acting on an object), you would add the causative suffix -tir to make it sadeleştirmek (to make something simple).
How does the phrase -diğimiz sürece work to mean 'as long as'?
It combines the verb's participle form (-dik + possessive ending) with sürece. The word süre means 'duration' or 'period', and the suffix -ce adds the meaning of 'for' or 'along'. Literally, sadeleştiğimiz sürece means 'for the duration that we become simple', which translates naturally to 'as long as we simplify'.
Why is karar vermek left in the basic infinitive form here instead of taking a personal ending?
In this sentence, the entire phrase karar vermek (to make a decision / making decisions) acts as the subject of the main verb kolaylaşıyor. Because it represents a general concept or action rather than an action tied to a specific person in that clause, it stays in the plain -mak / -mek dictionary form.
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