Breakdown of Düzenli çalışsan, gelirini artırırsın.
çalışmak
to work / to study
düzenli
regular / regularly
gelir
income
artırmak
to increase (transitive
Questions & Answers about Düzenli çalışsan, gelirini artırırsın.
Why is the first verb çalışsan instead of çalışırsan?
This shows the difference between a real possibility and a hypothetical one. Çalışırsan adds the conditional suffix to the aorist tense (verb + -ır + -sa) and means "If you work..." (a real possibility). Çalışsan attaches the conditional -sa directly to the verb stem. This forms the hypothetical condition: "If you worked..." or "If you were to work...".
English translates the second half as "you would increase", but artırırsın is in the aorist (present/habitual) tense. Why?
In Turkish, the result clause of a present hypothetical condition is often expressed using the plain aorist tense. While English uses "would," Turkish uses the aorist (-ır / -er) to show what would naturally happen as a result. You might also hear artırırdın (aorist + past), but artırırsın is very common and natural here.
How do the suffixes on gelirini break down?
The root word is gelir (income). We first add the "your" possessive suffix -in to make gelirin (your income). Then, because "your income" is the specific direct object of the verb, we must add the accusative case marker -i. This gives us gelir-in-i.
Does artırmak come from the verb artmak?
Exactly! Artmak is intransitive, meaning "to increase" on its own (e.g., prices increase). Adding the causative suffix -ır creates artırmak, which is transitive and means "to cause to increase" or "to raise" something (like raising your income). The final -ır and -sın in artırırsın are the aorist tense and the "you" ending.
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