Breakdown of Melek gibi kibar ve anlayışlıysa onu beklerim.
o
that / he / she / it
ve
and
beklemek
to wait
kibar
polite
gibi
like (similar to)
melek
angel
anlayışlı
understanding
Questions & Answers about Melek gibi kibar ve anlayışlıysa onu beklerim.
Why is the "if" suffix (-sa) only added to anlayışlı and not to kibar?
In Turkish, when you connect adjectives with ve (and), you only need to add the grammatical suffix to the very last word in the list. By saying kibar ve anlayışlıysa, the "if" meaning automatically applies to both: "if he is kind and understanding."
Why is there a -y- in anlayışlıysa?
The adjective anlayışlı (understanding) ends in a vowel. The conditional suffix here is -sa. Because this suffix originally comes from the separate word ise, we always use the buffer letter y when attaching it to a word that ends in a vowel.
In English we say "wait for him," so why doesn't the pronoun take the dative case (to/for) here?
The Turkish verb beklemek (to wait) takes a direct object, meaning it requires the accusative case. Instead of "waiting for him," think of the Turkish grammar as "awaiting him." That is why we use onu instead of ona.
Why use the aorist tense in beklerim instead of the future tense bekleyeceğim?
The aorist tense (-ar/-er/-ır/-ir) is frequently used in the main clause of "if" sentences to state a general truth or what you are generally willing to do. Using beklerim here sounds very natural as a statement of your willingness: "I am willing to wait for him."
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