Turkish 119 - The conjunction -ki

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You went away so suddenly that I could not forget you.
Öyle aniden gittin ki seni unutamadım.
Study for your exams so you can pass your courses.
Sınavlarına çalış ki derslerini geçebilirsin.
Your brother will die so that you will be able to live.
Kardeşin ölecek ki sen yaşayabileceksin.
to behave, to act; to act towards, to treatSOMEONE IN A CERTAIN WAY
davranmak
It is because he loves you that he acts towards you like this.
Seni seviyor ki sana böyle davranıyor.
to get angry, to get mad
kızmak
Return home in the evening not to let your dad get angry.
Akşam eve dön ki baban kızmasın.

Here the -sın ending turns the verb into a third person imperative. So instead of saying do X to a person it says let person Y do X.

logical
mantıklı
logically
mantıklıca
angry, mad
sinirli
You were so angry that you could not speak logically.
Öyle sinirliydiniz ki mantıklıca konuşamadınız.

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