Breakdown of Belirgin bir kabus gördüğüne göre, gece tedirgin oluyor muydu?
bir
a / an
görmek
to see
gece
night
göre
according to / compared to
olmak
to become
kabus
nightmare
belirgin
distinct / clear (noticeable)
tedirgin
uneasy / anxious
Questions & Answers about Belirgin bir kabus gördüğüne göre, gece tedirgin oluyor muydu?
How does gördüğüne göre translate to "since he had"?
This uses the structure verb + -dığına göre (or -diğine göre, etc.). It literally translates to "according to the fact that..." and is the standard way to express "since" or "seeing as" when a premise leads to a consequence. It is formed with the participle -dık + possessive -ü ("his") + buffer -n- + dative -e + the postposition göre.
Is it standard to say kabus görmek (to see a nightmare) instead of "having" one?
Yes! In Turkish, you don't "have" or "experience" dreams and nightmares; you "see" them. The fixed collocations are always rüya görmek (to have a dream) and kabus görmek (to have a nightmare).
Why use the past continuous oluyor muydu instead of the simple past oldu mu?
The past continuous (-iyor + question particle mu + past -y-du) emphasizes an ongoing, developing state during the night ("was he getting uneasy?" or "was he feeling uneasy?"). If we used the simple past oldu mu?, it would sound like a single, instantaneous event ("did he suddenly become uneasy?").
Why doesn't gece (at night) have a locative suffix like gecede?
Time words like sabah (morning), akşam (evening), and gece (night) function perfectly as time adverbs without needing the locative suffix -de. You could use geceleri if you wanted to emphasize a habitual "at nights," but bare gece is standard for "at night / during the night."
What is the root of the word belirgin (vivid)?
It comes from the verb belirmek, which means "to appear" or "to become visible." The adjective belirgin generally translates to "distinct," "clear," or "obvious." When talking about dreams, memories, or images, "vivid" is the most natural English equivalent.
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