Breakdown of Şarkıcı güçlü alkışlardan sonra güçlendi ve gururlandı.
güçlü
strong
ve
and
sonra
after
şarkıcı
singer
alkış
applause
gururlanmak
to become proud
güçlenmek
to get stronger
Questions & Answers about Şarkıcı güçlü alkışlardan sonra güçlendi ve gururlandı.
How do the verbs güçlendi and gururlandı use the -lAn suffix taught in this lesson?
The suffix -lAn turns nouns or adjectives into verbs meaning "to acquire the state of" or "to become". Here, the noun güç (strength) takes -len to become güçlenmek (to get stronger), and the noun gurur (pride) takes -lan to become gururlanmak (to become proud). Both then take the past tense suffix -di / -dı.
The word for "strong" is güçlü. Why does the verb use the root güç instead of güçlü to mean "got stronger"?
When using the -lAn suffix, it is very common to attach it directly to the base noun root rather than an already derived adjective. So, instead of saying güçlülenmek (to become "strong-equipped"), Turkish attaches -len directly to the noun güç (strength) to mean "to acquire strength," which we translate as "to get stronger."
Güçlü usually means "strong" or "powerful." Why is it translated as "loud" when describing the applause?
In Turkish, güçlü can describe the intensity or force of an action or sound. While we say "loud applause" in English to talk about volume, Turkish uses güçlü alkış (literally "powerful applause") to convey the same idea of heavy, enthusiastic clapping.
Why does the word for applause have the ablative case in alkışlardan?
This is a quick reminder about the postposition sonra (after). In Turkish, to say "after [something]", you must use the ablative case (-DAn) on the noun right before it. So "after the applause" (or "after the applauses") becomes alkışlardan sonra.
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