Breakdown of Yorgunluğa rağmen inlemiyordu.
rağmen
despite / in spite of
yorgunluk
fatigue / exhaustion
inlemek
to groan
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Questions & Answers about Yorgunluğa rağmen inlemiyordu.
Why is there a -ğ- in yorgunluğa?
The base word is yorgunluk (fatigue). When we add the dative case ending -a, the hard -k at the end of the word changes to a soft -ğ- to make pronunciation easier. This is a standard consonant mutation rule.
Why does rağmen require the word before it to end in -a?
The postposition rağmen (despite) always requires the preceding noun to take the dative case (-a or -e). So, "despite the fatigue" translates structurally as "to the fatigue despite" (yorgunluğa rağmen).
How is the verb inlemiyordu built, and why is there an -i- instead of an -e-?
This is the negative past continuous tense ("was not groaning"). The root is inle- (from inlemek, to groan). We add the negative suffix -me, the continuous -yor, and the past -du. When the negative -me meets -yor, the vowel -e narrows to -i, giving us inlemiyordu instead of "inlemeyordu".