Word
Kadın anlayışlı ve romantikse, adam aşık oluyor.
Meaning
If the woman is understanding and romantic, the man falls in love.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Kadın anlayışlı ve romantikse, adam aşık oluyor.
adam
man
kadın
woman
ve
and
aşık olmak
to fall in love
Questions & Answers about Kadın anlayışlı ve romantikse, adam aşık oluyor.
Why does only romantikse have the 'if' ending, while anlayışlı doesn't?
When you have a list of adjectives connected by ve (and), you only need to attach the conditional ending -(y)sa or -(y)se to the very last one. Here, romantikse covers both adjectives, meaning 'if the woman is understanding and romantic'. Adding it to both words would sound repetitive to Turkish speakers.
How exactly is romantikse built?
It combines the adjective romantik (romantic) with the conditional copula suffix -se (if it is). Because romantik ends in a consonant, we do not need the buffer letter y. The vowel is e because of e-type vowel harmony, matching the last vowel i in romantik.
Why does the sentence use oluyor (is falling) instead of the simple present tense for 'falls in love'?
In everyday Turkish, the present continuous tense ending -iyor is very often used to express general truths, habits, or things that naturally happen as a rule. So while aşık oluyor literally translates to 'is falling in love', in this conditional statement it perfectly translates to 'falls in love' as a general fact.
What are the parts of the word anlayışlı?