Questions & Answers about Bu oda yeterince büyük değil.
This lesson is about o kadar ... ki (so ... that). Could we use it here instead of yeterince?
No, because they serve different purposes. O kadar ... ki implies an extreme degree leading to a specific consequence (e.g., Bu oda o kadar büyük ki kayboldum - This room is so big that I got lost). Yeterince simply means 'sufficiently' or 'enough' without triggering a consequence clause.
Doesn't the -ince suffix usually mean 'when', like in gelince (when coming)?
Yes, when attached directly to a verb stem, -ince means 'when'. However, yeterince is a fixed, lexicalized adverb. It is formed from the aorist verb yeter (it is enough) plus -ince, creating the meaning 'sufficiently'.
In English, 'enough' comes after the adjective ('big enough'). Why does yeterince come before büyük?
Can I use the word kadar to express this same idea?
Yes! A very common and interchangeable alternative to yeterince büyük is yeteri kadar büyük (literally 'as big as is sufficient').