A simple “he” sound; Our beautiful Turkish, which we can use for different purposes such as expressing that we understand, stating that we do not understand, and confirming, confuses foreigners, in particular, thanks to its versatility. However, in some cases, even we, as Turks, can be undecided and be surprised when things we think are right turn out to be wrong.
Although we do not pay attention to these during the conversation, it is useful to learn the truth. For example, most people reading this article; He didn’t know that the words ‘welcome’, ‘goodbye’ and ‘never mind’ were spelled separately. There are many details like these that create question marks in our language. Since the content will not end when we try to explain all of them, we will touch on the distinction between the adjectives ‘sleepy’ and ‘sleepless’.
Let’s first look at the meanings of TDK:
According to the statement given in TDK, sleepless; It is used for people who “have not slept or been unable to sleep”. In other words, you can say “I’m sleepy” because you can’t get enough sleep after going to sleep and you are deprived of sleep when you don’t sleep at all.
On the other hand, if he is sleepy; It is used for people who have not slept yet but need sleep. Apart from this, there is also a meaning of being drowsy, but it is not specified whether this is due to before or after sleep.
Sleepless for people who still need sleep despite sleeping roughly; We can say that the adjective sleepy is also used for people who have drowsiness -before waking up or after waking up- and who have not been able to sleep despite being sleepy. When we think from this point of view, it is possible to be sleepy and sleepless at the same time.
However, it should be kept in mind that this is a very fine line and possibly a confusion arising from the way we understand suffixes. Because the negative suffix in sleepless does not add the meaning of lack to the word. If it were, we would be sleepless when we are not sleepy, and sleepy when we are sleepy. It may also be that they are said before or after sleep that determines these two word distinctions.
Since it’s open to interpretation, let’s bang our heads. What are your thoughts on this?
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