Word
Bir adam cimriyse ona âşık olmam.
Meaning
If a man is stingy, I do not fall in love with him.
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Questions & Answers about Bir adam cimriyse ona âşık olmam.
How do we get 'if he is stingy' from cimriyse?
The adjective is cimri (stingy). Because we are attaching the conditional suffix -se ('if') to a word that ends in a vowel, we must insert the buffer letter -y-. This gives us cimri + -y- + -se = cimriyse.
Why does the sentence use ona (to him) instead of onu (him)?
In Turkish, the phrase âşık olmak (to fall in love) requires the dative case (which shows direction, like 'to' or 'towards'). Instead of falling in love 'with' someone, in Turkish you literally fall in love 'to' them. So, the pronoun o (he/him) takes the dative suffix to become ona.
What tense is the verb olmam?
It is the negative aorist (simple present) tense for the first person ('I'). The aorist is used to state general facts, habits, or personal rules. While the positive form is olurum (I fall / I become), the negative drops the time marker and becomes olmam (I do not fall). It shows this is a general principle for the speaker.