Breakdown of Kolundaki yanık iyileşiyordu ama dizi hâlâ morarıyordu.
kol
arm / handle
ama
but
iyileşmek
to recover
hâlâ
still (continuing)
diz
knee
yanık
burn
morarmak
to bruise
Questions & Answers about Kolundaki yanık iyileşiyordu ama dizi hâlâ morarıyordu.
Why do we need the -ki suffix in kolundaki?
The -ki suffix attaches to the locative case (kolunda, meaning "on his arm") to turn it into an adjective describing the burn. So, kolundaki yanık literally means "the on-his-arm burn" or "the burn that is on his arm."
I recognize the word iyi (good) in iyileşiyordu. How does the suffix -leş work here?
The -laş / -leş suffix is added to nouns or adjectives to mean "to become" or "to turn into" that state. Here, iyi (good) + leş makes iyileşmek, which means "to get better" or "to heal."
Is morarıyordu related to the color mor (purple)?
Yes! In Turkish, you can make verbs out of colors or certain adjectives by adding the -ar or -er suffix, meaning "to turn [that color]." Mor (purple) becomes morarmak (to turn purple, or to bruise). Another common example is sarı (yellow) becoming sararmak (to turn yellow or fade).
Doesn't dizi mean "TV series"? Why is it translated as "knee"?
This is a tricky coincidence! While dizi is the standalone noun for a TV series, here it is the root word diz (knee) plus the third-person possessive suffix -i (his/her knee). The surrounding context of physical injuries (yanık, iyileşmek, morarmak) makes it clear that we are talking about a body part.
This lesson is about interrupted actions using Tam... -acaktı ki. Why does this sentence just use -yordu instead?
This sentence describes two continuous, ongoing background states in the past ("was healing," "was bruising"). Because neither action was "about to happen and got suddenly interrupted," we just use the standard Past Continuous tense (-yordu) to describe how things were progressing at that time.
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