Breakdown of Düzenli egzersiz yapıp yağ yaktığı halde mutlu değil.
mutlu
happy
değil
not
yapmak
to do / to make
düzenli
regular / regularly
Questions & Answers about Düzenli egzersiz yapıp yağ yaktığı halde mutlu değil.
How does the grammar in yaktığı halde work to mean 'even though he burns'?
This uses the structure you're learning now: verb root (yak-, to burn) + the participle suffix (-dık) + a possessive ending + halde. Because of consonant mutation rules, the -dık suffix becomes -tığ-: the 'd' hardens to 't' after the voiceless 'k' in yak-, and the 'k' softens to 'ğ' before the vowel of the possessive suffix. The -ı is the 3rd person singular possessive suffix (his/her). So yaktığı halde literally means 'in his state of burning', which translates to 'even though he burns'.
Why is it yapıp instead of saying yaptığı halde for both verbs?
The suffix -ıp / -ip is a handy linking suffix that acts like 'and'. It connects two verbs done by the same subject. Instead of repeating the whole grammatical ending by saying egzersiz yaptığı halde ve yağ yaktığı halde, Turkish attaches -ıp to the first verb (yap-) and puts the main grammar (-tığı halde) only on the second verb (yak-). The first verb just borrows the tense and meaning from the second verb!
How do we know the subject is 'he' if there is no pronoun like o in the sentence?