Breakdown of Yabancıları tanıdıkça önyargı azalır.
tanımak
to know (a person), to recognize
yabancı
stranger / foreigner
azalmak
to decrease
önyargı
prejudice
Questions & Answers about Yabancıları tanıdıkça önyargı azalır.
The root of azalır is az (little). How would I use this lesson's -(I)msEmEk suffix with that root, and what does it mean?
Adding the suffix to az gives you the verb azımsamak. This means "to consider something too little" or "to underestimate" a quantity. For example, Porsiyonları azımsadı means "He found the portions to be too small."
Can I apply the -(I)msEmEk suffix to yabancı to mean "to find someone strange"?
You can, though the word alters slightly to become yabansımsamak (to find something alien or strange), and it is quite rare. In daily life, Turks almost always use a different verb, yadırgamak, to express the feeling of finding something foreign or being unaccustomed to it.
How exactly does tanıdıkça give the meaning "as you get to know"?
Why is yabancılar in the accusative case (yabancıları)?
Because it is the direct object of tanımak. Even though tanıdıkça functions as an adverb in the sentence, it is still built from a verb and governs its own objects. Because getting to know "the strangers" implies a specific or generalized definite group in this context, it requires the definite accusative suffix -ı.
Why is the main verb azalır in the aorist tense instead of the present continuous (azalıyor)?
The aorist tense (-ır / -ir / -ar / -er) is the go-to tense for expressing general facts, timeless truths, and proverbs. Because this sentence is stating a universal psychological rule rather than describing an event happening right at this moment, the aorist (azalır) is the most natural choice.
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