Breakdown of Bu sırrı kimseye söylememek üzere seninle paylaşıyorum.
bu
this
sen
you
söylemek
to say, to sing
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
paylaşmak
to share
sır
secret
kimse
no one / anyone
üzere
on the condition that
Questions & Answers about Bu sırrı kimseye söylememek üzere seninle paylaşıyorum.
How does söylememek üzere translate to "on the condition that you do not tell"? Doesn't üzere mean "about to"?
You are right that -mAk üzere often means "about to" (like being about to leave). However, as this lesson shows, it is also used to express a strong condition or proviso, meaning "on the condition that" or "provided that". Here, it attaches to the negative infinitive söylememek (not to tell), creating the meaning "on the condition of not telling".
Why does "anyone" translate to kimseye? Doesn't kimse mean "nobody"?
Kimse actually just means "anyone" or "anybody". To get the meaning of "nobody", Turkish pairs kimse with a negative verb. Since the infinitive here is negative (söylememek), the combination of kimse and the negative verb gives us "not to tell anyone" (or "to tell nobody").
Why is there a double 'r' in sırrı?
The root word for "secret" is sır. When we add a suffix starting with a vowel, like the specific direct object (accusative) suffix -ı in this sentence, the final consonant doubles. This is a common rule for several short words borrowed from Arabic, like hak becoming hakkı.
Why does kimseye take the dative case ending -e instead of the accusative?
The verb söylemek (to tell / to say) requires the dative case for the person receiving the information because you are telling something to someone. Therefore, kimse gets the dative ending -e (plus the buffer -y-), becoming kimseye.
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