Breakdown of Toplantıyı kararlaştırdığımız gibi yapamam.
yapmak
to do / to make
toplantı
meeting
gibi
like (similar to)
kararlaştırmak
to agree upon
Questions & Answers about Toplantıyı kararlaştırdığımız gibi yapamam.
How does kararlaştırdığımız gibi mean "as we agreed"?
This uses the structure from this lesson. It starts with the verb kararlaştırmak (to agree on). We add the suffix -dık, which softens to -dığ- before a vowel. Then we add the "our" possessive suffix -ımız, giving kararlaştırdığımız (literally "our having agreed"). Finally, adding gibi (like/as) creates the meaning "as we agreed".
I don't see a word for "hold" in this sentence. Why?
In English we "hold" a meeting, but in Turkish, the standard phrase is toplantı yapmak (to do/make a meeting). So Toplantıyı yapamam is the natural way to say "I cannot hold the meeting".
How is yapamam different from yapmam?
The extra -a- changes the meaning to show inability. The word yapmam is the standard negative meaning "I don't do". But yapamam includes the inability marker -a- right after the verb root (yap-a-ma-m), changing the meaning to "I cannot do".
Why does Toplantı have the -yı suffix?
The -yı is the specific direct object (accusative) ending. Because you are talking about a specific meeting that was already agreed upon, it needs this ending to mean "the meeting" rather than just "a meeting". The -y- acts as a buffer letter between the two vowels.