kadar (about; as...

as; until; by; as far as; )

kadar is a postposition which corresponds in meaning to the following English words or
structures:

1- kadar means ‘about’, ‘some’ or ‘approximately’:

Hakan bir yıl kadar bu şirkette çalıştı. (Hakan worked at this company for about one year.)
On, on beş kadar misafir bekliyoruz. (We are expecting some ten or fifteen guests.)

2- kadar is used to show comparison and corresponds in meaning to ‘as…as’:

Bu bıçak kılıç kadar keskin. (This knife is as sharp as a sword.)

Koray, aslan kadar güçlüdür. (Koray is as strong as a lion.)

3- kadar follows the words like benim, senin to form the phrases below:

benim kadar = as…as me onun kadar = as…as him/her/it sizin kadar = as…as you
senin kadar = as…as you bizim kadar = as…as us onlar kadar = as…as them

Mehmet senin kadar güçlü değil. Ali de bizim kadar heyecanlı.

(Mehmet is not as strong as you.) (Ali is as excited as us too.)

Ben onun kadar zeki değilim. Sen benim kadar kilolu değilsin.
(I am not as clever as him/her.) (You are not as overweight as me.)

4- kadar means ‘until/till’, ‘by’, ‘as far as’ or ‘in (an hour, a few days, etc.)’ when used with
the dative case (-e/-a):

Sabaha kadar ders çalıştık. Pazar’a kadar projeyi bitireceğim.

(We studied till morning.) (I will finish the project by Sunday.)

Göle kadar yürüdük. Bir saate kadar döneceğim.

(We walked as far as the lake.) (I will be back in an hour.)

5- kadar can be used with bu/şu/o to form the quantifiers below:

bu kadar = this much şu kadar = that much o kadar = so much

Annemi o kadar seviyorum ki…

(I love my mother so much that…)

Note: See also the unit about ne kadar.

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