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Öfkeyle konuşursan insanlar üzülür; bu yüzden çabuk sinirlenmemeye çalışıyorum.
Meaning
If you speak in anger, people get upset; that’s why I try not to get angry quickly.
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Breakdown of Öfkeyle konuşursan insanlar üzülür; bu yüzden çabuk sinirlenmemeye çalışıyorum.
konuşmak
to speak
ile
with
insan
the person
çabuk
quickly
Questions & Answers about Öfkeyle konuşursan insanlar üzülür; bu yüzden çabuk sinirlenmemeye çalışıyorum.
Why is öfkeyle used here? What does the -yle ending mean?
Öfkeyle means with anger or more naturally angrily / in anger.
The ending -yle is a shortened form of ile, which often means with or by means of.
- öfke = anger
- öfke + ile → öfkeyle
Because öfke ends in a vowel, Turkish adds a buffer y:
- ile → -yle
So öfkeyle konuşmak literally means to speak with anger, but in English we would usually say to speak angrily.
What does konuşursan mean exactly?
Konuşursan means if you speak.
It is made from:
- konuş- = speak
- -ur = aorist/generic tense marker
- -san = if you (conditional, 2nd person singular)
So:
- konuşur = you speak / one speaks / someone speaks (in a general sense)
- konuşursan = if you speak
In this sentence, it has a general meaning:
- Öfkeyle konuşursan... = If you speak angrily...
This is a very common way to express general truths, warnings, or likely results in Turkish.
Why is it konuşursan and not a form like konuştuysan?