Kronometrenin durmamasına rağmen oyunu bitirdik.

to finish

Breakdown of Kronometrenin durmamasına rağmen oyunu bitirdik.

• oyun: the game
• kronometre: a stopwatch
• -masına rağmen: despite someone doing it

Questions & Answers about Kronometrenin durmamasına rağmen oyunu bitirdik.

Why is kronometre written as kronometrenin?

Because the subject of the subordinate clause is in the genitive.

In kronometrenin durmamasına rağmen, the part durmamasına rağmen is built from a nominalized verb phrase rather than a normal finite clause. In this kind of structure, the subject is typically marked with -in / -ın / -un / -ün.

So:

• kronometre = stopwatch
• kronometrenin = of the stopwatch / the stopwatch's

That genitive marking matches the possessed-style ending later in durmamasına.

A very literal structural reading is something like:

• kronometrenin durmaması = the stopwatch's not stopping

Then rağmen is added to that whole unit.

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