The Basmane Railway Station in İzmir

Saying - "Too much.. too many" - in Turkish raises aspect poblems for English Speakers. You cannot always say "çok...".

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..

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

1. Ayşe was too ill to go on holiday this year.
2. Ayşe, this year her-future-inability-to-make-a- holiday that-amount ill she was
3. The car was going too fast to be able to stop in time.
4. The car in-good-time its-future-inability-to-stop that-amount quickly was-going