Word
Topluma göre sen normal değilsin.
Meaning
According to society, you are not normal.
Part of speech
sentence
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Breakdown of Topluma göre sen normal değilsin.
sen
you
değil
not
göre
according to / compared to
normal
normal
Questions & Answers about Topluma göre sen normal değilsin.
Why does the word 'toplum' have an '-a' at the end?
The word göre (meaning 'according to' in this context) is a postposition that always requires the word before it to take the dative (direction) case. Because toplum (society) ends in a hard vowel, we add -a to make it topluma before using göre.
Could I leave out the word 'sen' and just say 'Topluma göre normal değilsin'?
Yes, absolutely! The -sin ending on değilsin already tells us the subject is 'you'. Including the pronoun sen here just adds a little extra emphasis, like saying 'According to society, you are the one who isn't normal.'
How does 'değilsin' work here? Why isn't it just 'değil'?
The word değil is used to say 'not' with nouns and adjectives. In Turkish, you must attach the personal 'to be' suffix directly to değil. Since the sentence is about 'you', we add the suffix -sin to make değilsin (you are not). If you just used değil, it would mean 'he/she/it is not normal'.