Word
Küçük bir sorun büyük bir kavgaya dönüştü.
Meaning
A small problem turned into a big fight.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Küçük bir sorun büyük bir kavgaya dönüştü.
Since this lesson is about the -laş / -leş suffix (becoming something), could we just add it to kavga instead?
Not really. The -laş suffix is perfect for gradually taking on a quality or state (like güzelleşmek - to become beautiful, or çocuklaşmak - to become childish). But when one distinct entity fully transforms into another entirely different thing—like a problem turning into a fight—we use a noun in the dative case followed by dönüşmek.
Why does kavga take the dative suffix -ya here?
The verb dönüşmek (to turn into / transform) dictates this. In Turkish grammar, you transform to something, so dönüşmek always requires the destination noun to take the dative case (-a/-e).
What is the exact difference between dönmek and dönüşmek?
Dönmek means "to physically turn" or "to return" (like turning a steering wheel, or returning home). Adding the -üş suffix creates dönüşmek, which shifts the meaning from physical movement to "to transform" or "to turn into" a different state or thing.
Just a refresher: why is bir placed after the adjectives (küçük and büyük) rather than at the very beginning of the phrase?