Clauses of Anticipatory Concern
To express fear or worry that an event will happen, Turkish uses a structure that literally translates to "thinking [X will happen], I fear."
Conjugate the feared event in the future tense (-(y)AcAk). Follow it with diye ("thinking that"), and add a main verb of emotion, such as korkmak (to fear) or kaygılanmak (to worry).
| The vinegrower is afraid that the crop will dry up. | Bağcı, mahsul kuruyacak diye korkuyor. |
| He worries that pests will damage the grapes. | Haşereler üzümlere zarar verecek diye kaygılanıyor. |
| I am afraid that frost will spoil the bunches. | Don salkımları bozacak diye korkuyorum. |
Questions and Other Tenses
To ask if someone is worried about something, place the question particle (mi / mı / mu / mü) immediately after diye.
| Are you afraid that the wine will be wasted? | Şarap ziyan olacak diye mi korkuyorsunuz? |
While the feared event itself is always expressed in the future tense because it is an anticipated outcome, your main emotion verb can take any tense.
| He was going to pick the grapes, but he got scared that it would rain. | Üzümleri toplayacaktı ama yağmur yağacak diye korktu. |
| We had worried that mold would spread to the cellar. | Küf mahzene yayılacak diye kaygılanmıştık. |
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