Breakdown of Eski eşyalardan uzaklaştığın sürece hayat güzelleşiyor.
eski
old
hayat
life
eşya
belonging / item / stuff (goods, objects)
sürece
as long as
uzaklaşmak
to distance oneself / to move away
güzelleşmek
to become beautiful
Questions & Answers about Eski eşyalardan uzaklaştığın sürece hayat güzelleşiyor.
How does the -lAş suffix work in güzelleşiyor?
The suffix -lAş attaches to nouns or adjectives to mean "to become [noun/adjective]". Here, it attaches to the adjective güzel (beautiful) to create the verb güzelleşmek (to become beautiful). With the present continuous suffix, güzelleşiyor means "it is becoming beautiful" or "it gets more beautiful".
Is there another word in this sentence that uses the -lAş suffix?
Yes! The root of uzaklaştığın is the verb uzaklaşmak. It comes from the adjective uzak (far). By adding -laş, it creates the verb uzaklaşmak, meaning "to become distant" or "to distance oneself".
Why is it eşyalardan with the ablative ("from") ending?
The verb uzaklaşmak (to move away / to distance oneself) requires the ablative case (-dAn / -tAn) for the object you are moving away from. So, "distancing yourself from old belongings" requires the ablative case: eski eşyalardan uzaklaşmak.
How does the grammar behind uzaklaştığın sürece work?
To say "as long as [someone does something]", Turkish uses the participle -dIk attached to the verb, followed by a possessive ending, and then the word sürece. Because the subject here is "you", we use the second-person singular possessive: uzaklaş + tık + ın becomes uzaklaştığın. Together with sürece, it translates to "as long as you distance yourself".
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