Gölgedeki serinlik sayesinde öğle sıcağını unuttuk.

Thanks to the coolness in the shade, we forgot the midday heat.

Breakdown of Gölgedeki serinlik sayesinde öğle sıcağını unuttuk.

• unutmak: to forget
• sayesinde: thanks to
• serinlik: the coolness
• -deki: in
• sıcak: the heat
• gölge: the shade
• öğle: the midday

Questions & Answers about Gölgedeki serinlik sayesinde öğle sıcağını unuttuk.

How do we analyze gölgedeki?

It’s built from the noun gölge (‘shade’) + the locative suffix -de (‘in/at’) + the relative participle -ki. Together gölgedeki literally means “that which is in the shade,” here simply “in the shade.”

What does sayesinde mean and how is it formed?

-sayesinde is a single suffix meaning “thanks to” or “due to.” You attach it directly to a noun:
• serinlik (‘coolness’) + sayesinde = serinlik sayesinde (“thanks to the coolness”).

Why use serinlik instead of the adjective serin?

Adjectives can’t take -sayesinde, so you need a noun. Turkish turns “cool” into “coolness” by adding -lik:
serin (‘cool’) → serinlik (‘coolness’).

Why does sıcak turn into sıcağını in öğle sıcağını?

Two suffixes are at work:

1. A 3rd-person possessive -ı (“midday’s heat”) causes the final k → ğ, giving sıcağı.
2. The accusative -(n)ı for a definite object attaches next. Because sıcağı ends in a vowel, a buffer n is inserted before ı, yielding sıcağını.

Can other connectors replace sayesinde, and is there a nuance?

Yes. Common alternatives:

• yüzünden – neutral or often negative “because of”
• nedeniyle – formal “due to”
• -den dolayı – also “because of”
  Only sayesinde carries the positive sense of “thanks to.”

What’s the word order in this sentence?

Turkish normally uses Subject-Object-Verb. Here you see:

1. Adverbial cause: Gölgedeki serinlik sayesinde
2. Direct object: öğle sıcağını
3. Verb: unuttuk
   The subject “we” is implied by the verb ending.

Why isn’t “we” explicitly stated?

Turkish verbs include person/number in their endings. -tuk in unuttuk already means “we forgot,” so the pronoun biz (“we”) is dropped.

How is ğ pronounced in gölgedeki?

Turkish ğ (yumuşak ge) isn’t a hard “g.” Instead, it lengthens the preceding vowel. So gölgedeki sounds like [gööl-je-de-ki], with a slightly longer ö.