Breakdown of Halka yardım etmeyen hükümet iyi bir sonuç beklemesin.
bir
a / an
iyi
good
beklemek
to wait
yardım etmek
to help
Questions & Answers about Halka yardım etmeyen hükümet iyi bir sonuç beklemesin.
How do we get 'that does not help' from yardım etmeyen?
The verb is yardım etmek (to help). We drop the infinitive to get the root et-, add the negative suffix -me, insert the buffer letter -y- because two vowels meet, and finally add the subject relative participle -en (who/which). Altogether, etmeyen means 'who/which doesn't do'.
Why is it halka, and why didn't the 'k' change to 'ğ'?
The verb yardım etmek requires the dative case (-a or -e) because in Turkish you give help to someone. So we add -a to halk (the public/people). Usually, a word ending in 'k' changes to 'ğ' when a vowel is added, but halk is an Arabic loanword exception and keeps its 'k'.
What verb form is beklemesin?
This is the third-person imperative, used to give a command or strong wish for someone or something else. We take the root bekle- (wait/expect), add the negative -me, and then the third-person suffix -sin. It translates to 'let it not expect' or 'it shouldn't expect'.
Why does the phrase halka yardım etmeyen come before hükümet?
In Turkish, all adjectives and modifier phrases must come directly before the noun they describe. The entire phrase halka yardım etmeyen (that doesn't help the public) acts like one big adjective describing hükümet (the government).