Eğer diyet listeni hazırlamazsan, vücudunun gereksinimlerini karşılamakta zorlanırsın.

If you don’t prepare your diet list, you will have difficulty meeting your body's needs.

Breakdown of Eğer diyet listeni hazırlamazsan, vücudunun gereksinimlerini karşılamakta zorlanırsın.

• liste: the list
• hazırlamak: to prepare
• senin: your
• eğer: if
• vücut: the body
• karşılamak: to meet
• diyet: the diet
• gereksinim: the need
• zorlanmak: to have difficulty

Questions & Answers about Eğer diyet listeni hazırlamazsan, vücudunun gereksinimlerini karşılamakta zorlanırsın.

What grammatical function does -mazsan in hazırlamazsan serve, and how is it formed?

hazırlamazsan is the second-person singular negative conditional of hazırlamak (to prepare). Breakdown:

• hazırla- = verb root
• -ma = negative suffix → hazırlama-
• -sa = conditional suffix (after a/ı/o/u; if the preceding vowel were e/ö/i/ü it would be -se) → hazırlamazsa-
• -n = 2nd-person singular ending → hazırlamazsan
  Together it means if you don’t prepare.

Why is there no word for the or a before diyet listeni in Turkish?

Turkish doesn’t use definite or indefinite articles like the or a. Instead, context and suffixes convey that meaning. In diyet listeni:

• diyet liste = “diet list” (no article)
• -n = 2nd-person singular possessive → listen (“your list”)
• -i = accusative case marker (marks the direct object) → listeni
  So diyet listeni literally means your diet list without needing the or a.

How do you parse vücudunun gereksinimlerini, and what does each suffix mean?

The full form is vücut-un-un gereksinim-ler-in-i:

• vücut = body
• -un = 3rd-person singular genitive (“of the body”) → vücudun
• gereksinim = requirement/need
• -ler = plural → gereksinimler (“requirements”)
• -in = genitive (possessed by vücut) → gereksinimlerin
• -i = accusative (object of karşılamakta zorlanırsın) → gereksinimlerini
  Altogether: your body’s requirements (as the direct object).

What does the -makta suffix in karşılamakta do?

karşılamak is the infinitive “to meet/fulfill.” The pattern Verb-mak + -ta/-te + zorlanmak means “to have difficulty doing [that verb].” Here:

• karşılamak = to fulfill/meet
• -ta (locative) on the infinitive → karşılamakta = “in fulfilling/meeting”
• zorlanırsın = “you will struggle”
  Combined: karşılamakta zorlanırsın = you will have difficulty fulfilling.

Why not simply say karşılayamazsın (“you won’t be able to meet”) instead of karşılamakta zorlanırsın?

They differ in nuance:

• karşılayamazsın = “you won’t be able to meet/fulfill” (complete inability)
• karşılamakta zorlanırsın = “you will have difficulty meeting/fulfilling” (you may manage but with struggle)
  The latter emphasizes the effort and struggle rather than an absolute impossibility.

Why is zorlanırsın (aorist) used instead of a future form like zorlanacaksın?

In Turkish, the aorist (simple-present) often expresses general truths or predictable outcomes. zorlanırsın conveys a habitual or likely result (“you will struggle whenever…”). Using zorlanacaksın (future tense) would focus more on a single future event, while zorlanırsın reads as a general warning.

What’s the difference between gereksinim and ihtiyaç (both translate as “need”)?

• ihtiyaç is more everyday or emotional (“personal need,” “basic need”).
• gereksinim is more formal or technical, used in contexts like nutrition, medicine or economics.
  Here, vücudunun gereksinimlerini refers to the body’s biological/nutritional requirements, so gereksinim is preferred.

What role does the comma play after hazırlamazsan?

When a subordinate clause (here the eğer-conditional) comes before the main clause in Turkish, it’s customary to separate it with a comma. So Eğer diyet listeni hazırlamazsan, sets up the “if” part, and the comma signals that the next phrase is the result/main clause.