Breakdown of Yaralı adam kanı görür görmez bayıldı.
adam
man
görmek
to see
kan
blood
yaralı
injured / injured person
bayılmak
to faint
Questions & Answers about Yaralı adam kanı görür görmez bayıldı.
How does görür görmez mean "as soon as he saw"?
This structure is formed by repeating the verb first in the positive Aorist tense (görür) and then in the negative Aorist tense (görmez). Together, this positive-then-negative pairing translates to "as soon as" the action happens.
Why is görür görmez in a present tense form if he fainted in the past?
The -Ir -mAz "as soon as" structure is frozen; it always uses the Aorist (broad present) tense endings regardless of when the event actually happened. You look at the main verb at the end of the sentence, bayıldı (fainted), to know that the whole event took place in the past.
Why does the sentence use kanı instead of just kan for blood?
The suffix -ı is the accusative case marker. The man didn't just see blood in general; he saw the specific blood from his injury. Because it is a specific direct object of the verb görmek (to see), it must take the accusative ending.
How is the word yaralı (injured) built?
It comes from the noun yara, which means "wound" or "injury". The common suffix -lı means "with" or "having". So, yaralı literally translates to "having a wound", which acts as the adjective for "injured".
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