Learn Turkish: Beslenmene dikkat etsen abur cubur tüketmezdin. - If you paid attention to your nutrition, you wouldn't consume junk food.

Ediyorsan is a real conditional meaning "if you are paying attention." But here, we are using the present hypothetical conditional (Type 2). By attaching -se directly to the verb stem to make etsen, it creates an unreal scenario: "If you paid attention." It implies that the person is not currently paying attention to their nutrition.

How does tüketmezdin translate to "you wouldn't consume"?

In hypothetical "if" sentences, the result clause typically uses the aorist (broad/simple present) tense combined with the past tense suffix to mean "would" or "wouldn't". Here, tüket- (consume) gets -mez (the negative aorist suffix) + -di (past tense) + -n (you). Together, -mezdi creates the "would not" meaning.

Let's break down the word beslenmene. Why does it end in -e?

The verb phrase dikkat etmek (to pay attention) always requires the dative case (-e or -a) for the thing you are paying attention to. The word breaks down as beslenme (nutrition) + -n (your) + -e (dative "to").

Why doesn't abur cubur (junk food) take the accusative suffix here (like abur cuburu)?