Breakdown of Eğer yorgan katlanıyorsa, yardım edeceğim.
yardım etmek
to help
eğer
if
yorgan
quilt
katlamak
to fold
Questions & Answers about Eğer yorgan katlanıyorsa, yardım edeceğim.
The verb for "to fold" is katlamak. How does it become passive here?
To make a verb passive when its root ends in a vowel, we add the suffix -n. The root of katlamak is katla-. Adding -n gives us katlan-, which means "to be folded".
How does katlanıyorsa build the meaning "if it is being folded"?
This word stacks three suffixes on the root. First, the passive -n makes it "to be folded". Then, the present continuous -ıyor makes it "is being folded". Finally, the conditional -sa adds "if". Together, katlan-ıyor-sa means "if it is being folded".
Since we have the conditional suffix -sa on the verb, do we still need Eğer?
No, it is optional. The suffix -sa already means "if" by itself. However, putting Eğer at the start of the sentence is very common in Turkish. It gives the listener an early heads-up that a condition is coming and adds a little emphasis.
Why does yardım etmek (to help) change to yardım edeceğim?
There is a double consonant mutation happening here as a refresher! First, the t in the root et- softens to d because it is followed by a vowel. Second, the future tense suffix -ecek changes its k to ğ before the personal suffix -im. So, et-ecek-im smoothly becomes edeceğim.
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