Breakdown of Otobüs geciktiğine göre, ben yürüyerek gideceğim.
ben
I
gitmek
to go
otobüs
the bus
gecikmek
to be late
Questions & Answers about Otobüs geciktiğine göre, ben yürüyerek gideceğim.
What does geciktiğine göre mean as a whole?
Here -diğine göre means something like since, given that, or judging from the fact that.
So the sentence structure is:
Otobüs geciktiğine göre, ...
= Since the bus is late / delayed, ...
= Given that the bus is late, ...
It is used when the speaker takes one fact and draws a conclusion from it.
How is geciktiğine formed?
It is built from gecikmek = to be late / to be delayed.
A useful breakdown is:
gecik- → verb stem
-dik / -tik → a suffix that turns the verb into a clause-like noun form
-i → 3rd person possessive marker
-n- → buffer consonant
-e → dative case, required by göre
So:
gecik + tik + i + n + e → geciktiğine
You will often see this pattern in Turkish:
verb + -DIK + possessive + case/postposition
In this sentence, the rough literal idea is:
according to its being delayed
Is geciktiğine just gecikti with extra endings added?