Word
Kıkırdak problemin ağrılı bir seviyeye geldi mi, yapamayacağın şeyler çoğalır.
Meaning
Once your cartilage problem reaches a painful level, the things you cannot do increase.
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Breakdown of Kıkırdak problemin ağrılı bir seviyeye geldi mi, yapamayacağın şeyler çoğalır.
bir
a / an
problem
problem
yapmak
to do / to make
gelmek
to come
Questions & Answers about Kıkırdak problemin ağrılı bir seviyeye geldi mi, yapamayacağın şeyler çoğalır.
Why does the first clause end with the question particle mi in geldi mi if this isn't a question?
When a verb in the past tense is followed by the question particle mi, it acts as a conjunction meaning "once," "when," or "as soon as." In this sentence, geldi mi doesn't ask "did it come?", but instead means "once it reaches" or "as soon as it comes."
Can you break down the suffixes in the word yapamayacağın?
It starts with the verb root yap- (do). Then we add -ama, which is the negative potential suffix ("unable to"). Next is -yacak (mutated to -yacağ), which forms a future-tense relative clause ("that will..."). Finally, the 2nd-person possessive -ın makes it "that you will be unable to do". Notice the difference: yapmayacağın means "things you will not do," whereas yapamayacağın means "things you cannot do."
The verb çoğalır means "increases", but what is its root?
The root is actually the word çok (a lot / many). By adding the suffix -al, it turns into the verb çoğalmak (to increase / to become many), and the k softens to ğ. The -ır at the end is the aorist (broad time) tense, used here for making a general statement. Another common example of this pattern is az (little) becoming azalmak (to decrease).