Word
O oyuncu bana pas verseydi, hemen gol atardım.
Meaning
If that player had passed to me, I would have scored a goal immediately.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of O oyuncu bana pas verseydi, hemen gol atardım.
o
that / he / she / it
ben
I
vermek
to give
hemen
immediately / right away
Questions & Answers about O oyuncu bana pas verseydi, hemen gol atardım.
How does verseydi break down to mean 'had passed'?
It combines the verb stem ver (give), the conditional suffix -se (if), the buffer letter -y-, and the past tense suffix -di. While verseydi can mean 'if he passed' for a present or future unreal situation, in contexts like this it acts as a past counterfactual, meaning 'if he had passed'.
Could I use vermiş olsaydı instead of verseydi here?
Yes, you could! Using vermiş olsaydı (literally 'if he had been in the state of giving') is another way to form a past counterfactual (Type 3) 'if' clause. It makes the past meaning strictly explicit, but the shorter verseydi is extremely common and natural in everyday speech.
How does atardım translate to 'I would have scored'? Doesn't that ending mean 'used to'?
You are right that the aorist plus past tense combination (-ar + -dı) is often used for past habits, meaning 'I used to score'. However, when this structure is the main clause of a conditional sentence, it means 'would' or 'would have'. Therefore, in this context, atardım means 'I would have scored'.
Why does the sentence use the verbs vermek and atmak for passing and scoring?