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### Actions Taken as Precautions

In the previous lesson, you used the `-(y)AcAk diye` structure to express fear or worry about a future event. You can also use this exact same structure with **action verbs** to explain *why* you are taking a precaution.

When paired with an action taken to prepare for or prevent an unwanted event, `diye` translates to "in case" or "for fear that."

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### Conjugating the Feared Event

The feared event doesn't always happen to a third party or an object. If you are afraid of something happening to *yourself* or *someone else*, conjugate the future tense verb for that specific person before adding `diye`.

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### Describing Extreme Conditions

While on your expedition, you will encounter intense weather and terrain. To emphasize an adjective in Turkish (meaning "extremely" or "very, very"), simply repeat the adjective with the question particle (`mı` / `mi` / `mu` / `mü`) between them.

You will often see these intense descriptions paired with "if" statements (`-sA` / `-sE` or their negative forms `-mAzsA` / `-mEzsE`) to warn about the consequences of the extreme conditions.

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Precaution clauses (-acak diye)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
blizzard	tipi
in case / for fear that	diye
thermal	termal
We prepared the thermal tents in case a blizzard breaks out.	Tipi çıkacak diye termal çadırları hazırladık.
The blizzard is extremely cold, if the heater doesn't work we will freeze.	Tipi soğuk mu soğuk, ısıtıcı çalışmazsa donarız.
frost / biting cold (dry cold weather)	ayaz
I bought a thermal sleeping bag in case the frost starts.	Ayaz başlayacak diye termal bir uyku tulumu satın aldım.
We are constantly drinking hot tea for fear that we will get cold in the frost.	Ayazda üşüyeceğiz diye sürekli sıcak çay içiyoruz.
sled	kızak
cautious	ihtiyatlı
We are acting cautious in case the sled breaks down.	Kızak bozulacak diye ihtiyatlı davranıyoruz.
If the dogs don't pull the sled, we can use the motor.	Köpekler kızağı çekmezse motoru kullanabiliriz.
crevasse / crack	çatlak
He is moving cautiously for fear that he will fall into the crevasse.	Çatlağa düşecek diye ihtiyatlı hareket ediyor.
The crevasse is very deep, but we can jump over it.	Çatlak derin mi derin, ama üstünden atlayabiliriz.
minus	eksi
The weather is minus thirty degrees, if the sun doesn't rise we will get cold.	Hava eksi otuz derece, güneş doğmazsa üşürüz.
We are taking thick clothes in case the temperature drops to minus forty.	Sıcaklık eksi kırka düşecek diye kalın kıyafetler alıyoruz.
slippery	kaygan
I am walking slowly for fear that I will slip on the slippery ice.	Kaygan buzda kayacağım diye yavaş yürüyorum.
The slippery slope is very steep, if you aren't careful you will fall.	Kaygan yamaç dik mi dik, dikkat etmezsen düşersin.
flare	fişek
We put a flare in the tent in case someone gets lost.	Biri kaybolacak diye çadıra fişek koyduk.
If the team doesn't see us, we can fire a flare.	Ekip bizi görmezse fişek atabiliriz.
hypothermia	hipotermi
to undergo / suffer (an illness)	geçirmek
I prepared hot soup for fear that they will get hypothermia.	Hipotermi geçirecekler diye sıcak çorba hazırladım.
If he doesn't change his wet clothes, he will get hypothermia.	Islak kıyafetlerini değiştirmezse hipotermi geçirir.