Breakdown of Eğer asistanlık yaparsan festival organizasyonunu yakından görebilirsin.
yapmak
to do
eğer
if
organizasyon
the organization
görebilmek
to be able to see
asistanlık
the assistantship
festival
the festival
yakından
up close
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Questions & Answers about Eğer asistanlık yaparsan festival organizasyonunu yakından görebilirsin.
What does Eğer mean and when can it be omitted?
Eğer means if and introduces a conditional clause. In everyday speech you can drop Eğer because the conditional verb ending (–sa/–se) already signals “if.” For example, Asistanlık yaparsan… still means “If you work as an assistant…”
What are the parts of yaparsan and how does vowel harmony affect them?
• yap- is the root of yapmak (to do/make)
• -ar is the aorist/present tense marker
• -san is the 2nd person singular conditional suffix (“if you…”)
Because the preceding vowel is a, the conditional suffix takes the form -san (rather than -sen). So yap-ar-san = if you do.
Why is asistanlık used here instead of just a verb?
Turkish often forms activity nouns by adding -lık/-lik to a noun. asistan (“assistant”) + -lık gives asistanlık, meaning assistantship or the act of assisting. To express “work as an assistant,” Turkish uses asistanlık yapmak (“to do assisting”).
Why does festival organizasyonunu end in -unu and not just -u?
- organizasyon
- -u (3rd person singular possessive) = organizasyonu (“the festival’s organization”)
- Because it’s a definite direct object, it also takes the accusative -nu.
By vowel harmony these merge into -unu, giving festival organizasyonunu = “the festival’s organization.”
What does yakından mean and how is it formed?
yakın means near/close. The ablative/adverbial suffix -dan here functions like “from,” so yakın-dan = from close → up close/closely.
How is görebilirsin constructed?
• gör- = root of görmek (to see)
• -ebil- = ability/modality suffix (“be able to”)
• -ir = aorist/present tense marker
• -sin = 2nd person singular ending
Putting it all together: gör-ebil-ir-sin = you can see.
Is the word order in this sentence flexible?
Turkish allows some flexibility thanks to case endings, but the neutral unmarked order places the verb at the end. You might shift adverbs for emphasis, e.g. Festival organizasyonunu gerçekten yakından görebilirsin or drop Eğer, but generally the verb stays last.