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azı/kimi/bir kısım ‘some’, ‘certain’
bu kadar/şu kadar/o kadar ‘this much’, ‘that much’, ‘so much’
çok ‘a lot of’, ‘(too) many’, ‘(too) much’
çoğu ‘most’
az ‘not much’, ‘not enough’
fazla ‘too much’, ‘too many’
hiçbir ‘no’, ‘any’ (see 20.5.2)
herhangi bir ‘any’ (see 20.5.2)
For the combinability of quantifying determiners with noun phrases denoting discrete or
non-discrete entities, see 14.2. Several of the quantifiers cannot be used in a pluralmarked
noun phrase (see 14.3.1.1). Bazı and kimi, by contrast, are almost always used
with plural marking on the head noun.
The quantifiers bu kadar/şu kadar/o kadar are derived from the demonstratives (15.6.2
(i)), and share the same differentiation in meaning (explained in 18.2).
(iii) Interrogatives:
kaç (tane) ‘how many’ (19.2.1.5)
ne kadar ‘how much’ (19.2.1.6)
(iv) Markers of similarity and otherness:
böyle/şöyle/öyle (bir) ‘such (a)’
başka (bir) ‘(an)other’
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The forms böyle/şöyle/öyle are derived from the demonstratives (15.6.2 (i)), and share the
same differentiation in meaning (explained in 18.2).
15.6.2 DEFINITE DETERMINERS
(i) Demonstratives:
bu ‘this/these’
şu ‘this/that/these/those’
o ‘that/those’
For the pronominal use of the demonstratives see 18.2, where the semantic differences
between the three forms are also explained.
(ii) Universal quantifiers:
her ‘every’
bütün/tüm ‘all’, ‘the whole (of)’