Breakdown of Hayatımda denge kurmak için keşke boş zamanım olsa.
zaman
time
olmak
to be
için
for
hayat
life
boş
empty
kurmak
to set up
keşke
if only / I wish
denge
balance
Questions & Answers about Hayatımda denge kurmak için keşke boş zamanım olsa.
Why does olsa not have a personal ending like olsam, since I am the one wishing for time?
In Turkish, to express "I have", you often say "my [thing] exists". Here, the subject of the verb olmak (which takes the conditional -sa ending) is actually zamanım (my time). Because "my time" is a "third-person" subject (it), the verb takes the third-person form olsa instead of the first-person olsam.
Can I put keşke at the very beginning of the sentence?
Yes, you can perfectly say Keşke hayatımda denge kurmak için boş zamanım olsa. Placing the purpose clause (Hayatımda denge kurmak için...) first just emphasizes why you want the free time before introducing the actual wish.
Why do we use the dictionary form kurmak before için here?
When you want to express "in order to do [something]", you simply use the full infinitive verb (like kurmak) directly followed by için. You do not need to add any personal endings to the verb when it is a straightforward purpose clause.
I've seen kurmak used for "setting" an alarm. How does it translate to "establish" here?
The verb kurmak is very versatile and generally means "to set up" or "to establish". It is used for physical things like pitching a tent (çadır kurmak), mechanical things like setting an alarm (saat kurmak), and abstract concepts like establishing balance (denge kurmak) or building a business (iş kurmak).
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