Oksijeni olmayan bir gezegende ne yapardınız?
What would you do on a planet that doesn't have oxygen?
Breakdown of Oksijeni olmayan bir gezegende ne yapardınız?
bir
a / an
ne
what
yapmak
to do / to make
olmak
to be
Questions & Answers about Oksijeni olmayan bir gezegende ne yapardınız?
Why does oksijen have an -i at the end, and is it the accusative case?
It is actually the third-person possessive suffix ("its"), not the accusative case. To say a planet "has" oxygen, Turkish literally says "its oxygen exists". Here, oksijeni means "its oxygen".
How does olmayan mean "that doesn't have"?
Olmayan is the relative clause form of yok (does not exist). It comes from ol (to be) + ma (negative) + y (buffer) + an (who/that). Combined with oksijeni, it literally translates to "that whose oxygen doesn't exist", which is how Turkish expresses "that doesn't have oxygen".
Could I use the word sahip (possess/have) here instead?
You could say oksijene sahip olmayan (that does not possess oxygen), but using the possessive ending with olan or olmayan is the much more natural and common way to express "having" or "not having" something in Turkish.
How does yapardınız translate to "would you do"?
It combines the aorist suffix -ar (used for general truths) with the past tense ending -dı and the formal/plural "you" suffix -nız. In B1 grammar, combining the aorist and the past tense is the standard way to talk about hypothetical "would" situations.