Breakdown of Ne yazsam, istisnalar yüzünden imla hatası yapıyorum.
ne
what
yazmak
to write
yapmak
to do / to make
hata
mistake
Questions & Answers about Ne yazsam, istisnalar yüzünden imla hatası yapıyorum.
How does ne yazsam translate to "no matter what I write"?
This is the exact structure you are learning in this lesson. When you pair a question word like ne (what) with a verb in the conditional form—here, yaz- (write) + -sa (conditional) + -m (I)—it creates a "no matter..." meaning. Even though it literally looks like "if I write what," it is the standard Turkish way to say "no matter what I write."
Why is there an -sı at the end of hata in imla hatası?
This is a noun compound. You are combining imla (spelling) and hata (mistake) to create a specific concept: "spelling mistake." In Turkish, to link two nouns together like this, you must add the possessive suffix -(s)ı to the second noun. Without it, they would just be two separate nouns floating next to each other.
What case does the word istisnalar need before yüzünden (because of)?
When yüzünden follows a regular noun like istisnalar (exceptions), the noun stays in its bare, dictionary form. However, as a quick refresher from earlier levels, remember that if you use yüzünden with a personal pronoun, the pronoun takes the genitive case (and the suffix on "yüz" changes to match), like in benim yüzümden (because of me).
Since making spelling mistakes is a general fact here, why use the continuous yapıyorum instead of the simple present (aorist) yaparım?