Breakdown of Senelerce orada yaşadıktan sonra adam nasıl da ihtiyarlamış!
adam
man
orada
over there
yaşamak
to live / to experience / to undergo
nasıl
how
sonra
after
de
too, also (de/da) / even if (concessive particle after conditional) / and (linking clauses)
senelerce
for years
ihtiyarlamak
to grow old (become elderly)
Questions & Answers about Senelerce orada yaşadıktan sonra adam nasıl da ihtiyarlamış!
How does da change the meaning of nasıl in this sentence?
Normally, nasıl asks the question 'how?'. Adding da turns it into an exclamatory intensifier. Instead of asking a question, nasıl da expresses strong emotion or surprise, meaning 'Look how much!' or 'How!' as in 'How he has aged!'.
Why is the verb ihtiyarlamış in the -mış past tense rather than the definite -dı past tense?
The -mış suffix here expresses surprise or sudden realization. The speaker is seeing the man after a long time and is shocked by how much he has aged. This sense of sudden discovery pairs perfectly with the exclamation nasıl da.
Can you break down the grammar of yaşadıktan sonra?
To say 'after doing something', Turkish uses the verb stem plus -DIktAn sonra. The -DIk suffix turns the verb into a fact or action, and the ablative case -tAn is required by the postposition sonra.
What does the -ce suffix do in senelerce?
When attached to plural time expressions, the -ce suffix emphasizes a long duration, translating to 'for many [time word]s'. So, sene (year) becomes senelerce (for years). You will also frequently see this pattern in words like yıllarca (for years) or saatlerce (for hours).
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