Breakdown of Abartmıyorum, o çok cimri, ayrıca masada hiç bahşiş bırakmadı.
o
that / he / she / it
masa
table
çok
very
hiç
at all / any
bırakmak
to leave (something somewhere), to drop off / to release, to let go of / to quit / to stop (doing something)
cimri
stingy
ayrıca
moreover, in addition
bahşiş
tip
abartmak
to exaggerate
Questions & Answers about Abartmıyorum, o çok cimri, ayrıca masada hiç bahşiş bırakmadı.
Could I use üstelik instead of ayrıca in this sentence?
Yes! Both ayrıca (furthermore / additionally) and üstelik (moreover / on top of that) work perfectly here to add supporting evidence. Ayrıca literally implies adding something as a separate point, while üstelik emphasizes piling on more information to strengthen your argument (like saying "on top of being stingy, he also didn't tip").
Why is the verb abartmıyorum instead of abartmayorum?
This is a great reminder of vowel narrowing. The verb root is abart- (to exaggerate) and the negative suffix is -ma. However, the present continuous suffix -yor always forces a preceding wide vowel (a or e) to narrow into ı, i, u, or ü. Therefore, abart-ma-yor-um becomes abartmıyorum.
Does hiç mean "no" or "any" in hiç bahşiş bırakmadı?
It acts like "no" or "not any" here because it is paired with the negative verb bırakmadı (did not leave). In Turkish, to say "no [noun]" or "none at all", you use hiç + noun + a negative verb. Literally, it reads "he didn't leave any tip at all", which translates naturally to "he left no tip".
Why doesn't bahşiş take the accusative case ending (like bahşişi) since it is the object of the verb?
Because it is an indefinite direct object. He didn't fail to leave a specific tip (like "the tip we agreed on"), but rather any tip at all. When a direct object is general and non-specific, it doesn't take the accusative ending and is placed immediately before the verb.
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