Breakdown of Eğer müşteri isteseydi, yakaya bir etiket ekletilirdi.
bir
a / an
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
müşteri
customer
eklemek
to add
eğer
if
yaka
collar
etiket
label
Questions & Answers about Eğer müşteri isteseydi, yakaya bir etiket ekletilirdi.
How does ekletilirdi translate to 'would be ordered to be added'?
This verb stacks several suffixes. The root is ekle- (to add). We add the causative -t to get eklet- (to have someone add). Then the passive -il makes it ekletil- (to be ordered to be added). Finally, the aorist past -irdi gives us the hypothetical 'would' meaning.
Why do we use the aorist past -irdi in the main clause?
In Turkish, to say what 'would' happen in an unreal or imaginary scenario, we use the aorist tense combined with the past tense. The if-clause isteseydi sets up the hypothetical condition, and the aorist past ekletilirdi provides the 'would' result.
Why is the condition written as isteseydi instead of isterse?
İsterse means 'if they want' for a real, open possibility. İsteseydi uses the conditional -se plus the past -ydi to show a hypothetical or past unreal situation, translating to 'if they wanted' or 'if they had wanted'.
Why does yaka (collar) take the -ya suffix to become yakaya?
The verb eklemek (to add) takes the dative case to show what you are adding something to. Since we are adding a label to the collar, yaka takes the dative suffix -ya.
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