Breakdown of Patron gelmezse toplantı başlamaz.
gelmek
to come
başlamak
to begin, to start
toplantı
meeting
patron
boss
Questions & Answers about Patron gelmezse toplantı başlamaz.
How do we break down gelmezse?
It combines the verb root gel (come), the negative aorist suffix -mez (doesn't), and the conditional suffix -se (if). Together, they form the negative conditional aorist, meaning 'if he doesn't come'.
Why is the negative suffix -mez on the first verb but -maz on the second verb?
This is due to vowel harmony. The root gel has a front vowel (e), so it takes -mez to become gelmezse. The root başla ends in a back vowel (a), so it takes -maz to become başlamaz. Both are the exact same negative aorist suffix.
Where is the suffix for 'he' or 'it' on these verbs?
There isn't one! In Turkish, the third-person singular (he, she, it) doesn't use a personal suffix. The endings -mezse and -maz inherently apply to a third-person subject. The nouns patron and toplantı simply specify exactly who or what those subjects are.
I remember that verbs ending in vowels do weird things in the aorist tense. Does başla change here?
Not in the negative! While the positive aorist can be tricky with vowel-ending roots, the negative aorist is very regular. You just take the verb root başla and attach -maz directly to the end. No letters are dropped or altered.
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