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examples:
yaşamak=to live
Yaşadıkça=?
Sevmek=to love
Sevdikçe=?
What is meaning of those suffixes, when do you use them?
My thoughts, including some examples from textbooks
This suffix creates an adverb from a verb stem, and is generally used in sentences with a conditional action and a result.
It generally has a meaning of as, whenever, the more
some examples
Bu resimlere baktıkça mutlu oluyorum.
Whenever I look at these pictures, I become happy.
Dikkatli sürdükçe, arabamı kullanabilirsin.
You can use my car as long as you drive carefully.
İstasyona yaklaştıkça koşmaya başladı
He started running as he approached the station
Buna baktıkça beni hatırlasınız
Whenever you look at this you will remember me
Bebek, ona baktıkça, ağladı.
Whenever he looked at it, the baby wept.
Bu yemeği yedikçe yemek istiyorum
The more I eat this food/dish, (the more) I want to eat it.
and one of my textbooks also mentions a special meaning for 2 words
gittikçe = gradually
Gittikçe şişmanlıyorsun
Gradually you are getting fat
oldukça = rather, quite, somewhat
Mavi elbisenin fiyatı oldukça yüksek.
The blue dresses price is quite high.
It can also be used with negatives
Sen bağırmadıkça (sen bağırmazsan), ben duyamam.
I can´t hear unless you shout (if you don´t shout)
Çok fazla ses yapmadıkça, çocuk burada kalabilir.
The child can stay here providing she doesn´t make too much noise.
You can find some more examples in a lesson from Mehmet 111 here
and finally, to use one of your examples
Ben seni sevdikçe ölmeyeceğim.
I will not die as long as I love you.
To get an accurate meaning of sevdikçe, because there are no personal suffixes added, you need to know the subject.
Sen beni sevdikçe, ölmeyeceğim.
I will not die as long as you love me.
Hope this helps, it is not such a simple suffix to translate.
Edited (1/30/2014) by Henry
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