Breakdown of Telefonum düzelir düzelmez sana mesaj atacağım.
benim
my
göndermek
to send
mesaj
the message
telefon
the phone
Questions & Answers about Telefonum düzelir düzelmez sana mesaj atacağım.
Why is düzel repeated in düzelir düzelmez?
This is a very common Turkish pattern:
verb-aorist + verb-negative-aorist
So here:
- düzelir = it gets better / it is fixed
- düzelmez = it doesn’t get better / it isn’t fixed
But together, düzelir düzelmez does not mean it gets better, it doesn’t get better. As a fixed structure, it means:
- as soon as it gets fixed
- the moment it gets fixed
So the repetition is grammatical, not stylistic.
Is düzelmez negative here?
Not really in meaning.
By itself, düzelmez would normally mean it does not get fixed / it won’t get better.
But in the pattern düzelir düzelmez, the whole expression functions as one time clause meaning as soon as it gets fixed.
So although the second part looks negative in form, the overall meaning is not negative.
Why doesn’t Turkish use a separate word for as soon as here?