Breakdown of İyi ki vazgeçtim, o belaya bulaşmadım.
o
that / he / she / it
vazgeçmek
to give up
iyi ki
fortunately / it is a good thing that
bela
trouble
Questions & Answers about İyi ki vazgeçtim, o belaya bulaşmadım.
How does İyi ki connect to the rest of the sentence?
İyi ki translates to "fortunately" or "it's a good thing that." Unlike English where you might need a linking word like "that," İyi ki doesn't force the following verbs into a special grammatical form. You simply follow it with regular, fully conjugated verbs (finite verbs) like the past tense vazgeçtim (I gave up).
Does İyi ki apply to both vazgeçtim and bulaşmadım?
Yes! You can place İyi ki at the start of a sentence to express relief about the entire situation. Even though there are two separate past-tense verbs divided by a comma, İyi ki sets the "fortunately" mood for both of these actions.
Why does bela (trouble) take the -ya ending in belaya?
The verb bulaşmak (to get involved with / to get mixed up in) requires its target to be in the dative case (showing direction toward something). Because bela ends in a vowel, it takes the buffer letter -y- before the dative suffix -a, becoming belaya.
vazgeçtim looks like a combination of two words. How is it formed?