Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa bile yürüyordu.

Keçinin ayağı means the goat’s foot/leg.

It uses a very common Turkish possessive pattern:

• keçi = goat
• keçinin = of the goat / the goat’s
• ayağı = its foot/leg

So the structure is:

• possessor
  • -in/-ın/-un/-ün
• possessed thing
  • possessive ending

Here:

• keçi + nin → keçinin
• ayak + ı → ayağı

This is how Turkish normally says the goat’s leg, the man’s house, the child’s book, etc.

Because of a sound change in Turkish.

The base word is ayak. When a vowel-initial ending is added, the final k often changes to ğ:

• ayak → ayağı
• kulak → kulağı
• köpek → köpeği

So ayağı is the regular form when the possessive ending is attached.

It can mean either foot or leg, depending on context.

In English, we separate foot and leg more strictly, but Turkish ayak is often broader. In this sentence, a natural English translation might be:

• the goat’s leg
• or the goat’s foot

If the context is about walking and injury, English speakers may prefer leg.

İncinmiş means was hurt, got injured, or had been injured.

It comes from:

• incinmek = to get hurt / be injured
• incinmiş = apparently/it seems hurt, or hurt in a completed way

The ending -miş often adds a sense like:

• reported information
• inferred information
• a completed state

In this sentence, it helps describe the injured state before the walking.

İncinmiş olsa bile is a concessive structure. It means something like:

• even if it was injured
• even though it was injured
• despite being injured

Breakdown:

• incinmiş = injured / had been injured
• olsa = if it were / even if it was
• bile = even

Together, -miş olsa bile gives the idea of even if/although that was the case.

So the sentence says that the goat kept walking despite the injury.

They are very similar, and both can express even if / although.

• olsa bile often sounds a bit more emphatic: even if
• olsa da is also common and can sound slightly more neutral: even though / even if

So:

• Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa bile yürüyordu.
• Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa da yürüyordu.

Both are understandable and close in meaning. The version with bile emphasizes the contrast a little more.

Yürüyordu is the past continuous (or imperfect-like) form of yürümek = to walk.

Breakdown:

• yürü- = walk
• -yor = continuous/progressive
• -du = past

So yürüyordu can mean:

• was walking
• kept walking
• sometimes used to walk, depending on context

In this sentence, was walking or kept walking works well.

Because yürüyordu focuses on an ongoing action or continued action in the past.

Compare:

• yürüdü = walked
• yürüyordu = was walking / kept walking

Here the idea is that the goat continued walking despite the injury, so yürüyordu fits nicely.

It gives a sense like:

• Its leg was injured, but it was still walking.

That sense of continuity is weaker with yürüdü.

A natural translation could be:

• Even though the goat’s leg was injured, it was walking.
• Although the goat’s leg had been injured, it was still walking.
• The goat kept walking even though its leg was injured.

A very literal reading of incinmiş olsa bile can be even if its leg had been injured, but in many contexts the natural English meaning is closer to even though or despite the fact that.

In Turkish, the subject is often left out if it is clear from context.

Here, yürüyordu means he/she/it was walking, but Turkish does not need to say o unless it wants emphasis or contrast.

So the sentence naturally leaves out the pronoun:

• Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa bile yürüyordu.

English needs it, but Turkish often does not.

The word order is normal and natural for Turkish.

Turkish often puts background or contrast information first, and the main action toward the end:

• Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa bile = even though the goat’s leg was injured
• yürüyordu = it was walking

This is very typical Turkish sentence structure: the main finite verb usually comes last.

You could also say something like:

• Keçinin ayağı incinmiş olsa bile, keçi yürüyordu.

But repeating keçi is usually unnecessary unless you want extra clarity or emphasis.

Bile usually means even.

It adds emphasis and often highlights something surprising, unexpected, or stronger than normal.

In this sentence:

• olsa bile = even if that were the case

So bile helps express the idea that the goat walked despite a condition that might normally stop it.

Yes, very much.

Because of incinmiş olsa bile plus yürüyordu, the sentence suggests:

• the injury would normally make walking difficult
• but the goat walked anyway

So the sentence carries a natural feeling of contrast, persistence, or mild surprise:

• Its leg was injured, yet it was still walking.

That contrast is one of the main reasons this sentence sounds meaningful rather than just descriptive.