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Hiçbir şey söylemedin diye yanlışlıkla geldin zannettim.

Hiçbir şey söylemedin diye yanlışlıkla geldin zannettim.
I assumed you came by mistake because you didn't say anything.
From Lesson 246:Informal reasons (diye)·Turkish

Questions & Answers about Hiçbir şey söylemedin diye yanlışlıkla geldin zannettim.

How does diye mean 'because' in this sentence?
The word diye originally comes from the verb demek (to say). In this informal structure, you just take a fully conjugated sentence like hiçbir şey söylemedin (you didn't say anything) and add diye right after it. It acts as a bridge meaning 'because of the fact that' or 'thinking that'. This is much simpler than using the formal -diği için structure!
Why is it geldin zannettim instead of using a clause like geldiğini zannettim?
While you can use the object participle geldiğini (that you came), everyday spoken Turkish often simplifies this with verbs of thinking like zannetmek (to assume) or sanmak (to think/suppose). You can just place the directly conjugated verb (geldin) right before the main verb. It literally flows as 'You came, I assumed.'
Why is the verb söylemedin negative if the English translation uses 'anything'?
Turkish uses double negatives! Words like hiçbir şey (nothing / not anything) or hiç kimse (nobody / not anybody) always require a negative verb. So, hiçbir şey söylemedin literally translates as 'You didn't say nothing,' which is the correct and natural way to express this in Turkish.
How is the word yanlışlıkla built?
It is built in three steps. It starts with the adjective yanlış (wrong). Adding the suffix -lık turns it into the noun yanlışlık (a mistake). Finally, adding the suffix -la (a shortened form of ile, meaning 'with') turns it into the adverb yanlışlıkla (with a mistake / accidentally).
Why are there two 'n's in zannettim?
Zannettim is a compound verb made from the noun zan (assumption/thought) and the helper verb etmek (to do). When these two words merge, the final consonant of the Arabic loanword zan doubles to make pronunciation flow smoothly, resulting in zannetmek.

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