Breakdown of Yönetici, sistemi başlatmak üzere.
sistem
system
yönetici
manager
üzere
about to / on the verge of
başlatmak
to start (transitive)
Questions & Answers about Yönetici, sistemi başlatmak üzere.
How does başlatmak üzere translate to about to start?
The word üzere placed right after a verb in its infinitive form (-mak or -mek) creates the meaning of about to or on the verge of doing that action. Here, başlatmak is to start, so the combination means about to start.
Why is the verb başlatmak instead of the simpler başlamak?
The verb başlamak means to start when the subject itself is starting (for example, the meeting starts). When you want to start something else as a direct object, you add the causative suffix -t to make it başlatmak. Since the manager is starting the system, we must use başlatmak.
Why does sistem have an -i at the end?
The -i is the accusative case ending, which marks the specific direct object of a verb. Because the manager is about to start a specific, known system (translated as the system), sistem takes this ending to become sistemi.
There is no verb like is at the end of the sentence. How does this work?
In Turkish, the third-person singular to be ending is often just left blank. The word üzere acts as the predicate all by itself, giving us is about to. If the subject were I, you would add the I am suffix to the end: başlatmak üzereyim (I am about to start).
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