Learn Turkish: Siz toptancıda kavanozlarca bal ve varillerce yağ satadurun. - You all keep selling jars of honey and barrels of oil at the wholesaler.

Siz toptancıda kavanozlarca bal ve varillerce yağ satadurun.

You all keep selling jars of honey and barrels of oil at the wholesaler.

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Questions & Answers about Siz toptancıda kavanozlarca bal ve varillerce yağ satadurun.

How exactly does the suffix -ca / -ce change the meaning of kavanozlar and variller here?

Adding the -cE suffix to a plural noun creates an expression of extensive quantity. While kavanozlar simply means "jars," kavanozlarca means "jars and jars of" or "by the jarful." Similarly, varillerce means "barrels upon barrels of." It emphasizes a massive, almost overwhelming amount.

Why are bal and yağ singular when we are talking about multiple jars and barrels?

In Turkish, when you use a quantity expression or a measure word (like kavanozlarca), the substance being measured stays in its singular, uninflected form. Just as in English you say "barrels of oil" rather than "barrels of oils," Turkish keeps mass nouns like bal (honey) and yağ (oil) singular.

What is the -adurun part at the end of satadurun?

This is a verb form called the continuative aspect. It is made by attaching -a or -e followed by the verb durmak to the main verb stem. It implies keeping on or continuing to do an action. So sat (sell) + a + dur + un (you plural/formal command) translates perfectly to "you all keep on selling."

How is the word toptancıda built?