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-li and çok
1.       bod
5999 posts
 25 Jul 2006 Tue 12:06 pm

Can the -li suffix be used with çok to indicate with lots of something?

For example:
seker-li kahve
coffee with sugar

seker-li çok kahve
lots of coffee with sugar

çok seker-li kahve
coffee with lots of sugar

2.       erdinc
2151 posts
 25 Jul 2006 Tue 02:20 pm

Bod, all are correct. The thing is that you have too much flexibility in these situations. For instance, sentence one and three has an adjective clause wich is a noun phrase. "şekerli kahve" or "çok şekerli kahve" is a name on its own. On the other hand sentence two uses şekerli as an orinary adjective.

Notice the different usage:

I own many racing cars.
I own many cars for racing.


At the end all are correct. "Çok" can either mean "very" or "many". To prevent confusion you can use "pek çok" to make it a clear "lots of".

"çok şekerli kahve" can be two things depending on stress. "Pek çok şekerli kahve" can be only one thing no matter the stress.

3.       bod
5999 posts
 26 Jul 2006 Wed 02:02 am

Quoting erdinc:

"çok şekerli kahve" can be two things depending on stress. "Pek çok şekerli kahve" can be only one thing no matter the stress.



Am I right in thinking that "pek çok şekerli kahve" means "coffee with lots of sugar" and not "lots of coffee with sugar"?

4.       erdinc
2151 posts
 26 Jul 2006 Wed 02:43 am

It's the second one.

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