How to say - Too much.. Too many..
The translation of - too - is a common difficulty for the student of Turkish.
The dictionary equivalent is - fazla - in excess or lüzumdan fazla - in excess of its necessity.
However in daily conversational Turkish - çok - very - is used to convey the meaning too much.., too many...
In such a sentence as - I didn't buy it, it was too expensive. - the - "too" - should simply be translated by çok - very.
Onu almadım, çok pahalıydı
Too .. meaning - overly.., excessively..
fazla - in excess - should be used where the context does not make sense by using çok - very
Baban, seninle fazla sabırlıdır - Your father is too patient with you.
to.. as ability to.. or inability to..
For the type of sentence - He was too tired to undress (himself) - where neither çok - very or fazla - in excess - is not suitable - Turkish uses a special comparative type construction.
Soyunamıyacak kadar yorgundu - [Lit: He was tired the amount pertaining-to-his-future inability-to-undress.] - He was too tired to get undressed.
This third form is explained in detail below..
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Explanation of the Verb Forms
Verb Forms - the Infinitive - -mek/-mak
soymak - to undress somebody else
basic infinitive
soyunmak - to undress oneself
reflexive infinitive
soyunmamak - not to undress oneself
negative reflexive infinitive
soyunamamak - not to be able to undress oneself
negative potential reflexive infinitive
Verb Form - Future Relative Participle - -ecek/-acak
soyunacak - a future undressing of oneself
future relative reflexive participle
soyunmayacak - a future not undressing oneself
negative future relative reflexive participle
soyunamayacak - a future not being able to undress oneself
negative future potential relative reflexive participle
A further example of this type:
The verb is basically gitmek - to go - which in this sentence takes the form of the Negative Potential - gidememek - not to be able to go
Sinemaya gidemeyecek kadar meşgulum - I am too busy to go to the cinema
The construction for - too.. - therefore is:
Future Potential Relative Participle + kadar + comparison verb + person
- Ayşe was too ill to go on holiday this year.
- Ayşe, this year her-future-inability-to-make-a- holiday that-amount ill she was
- The car was going too fast to be able to stop in time.
- The car in-good-time its-future-inability-to-stop that-amount quickly was-going
