Breakdown of İyi ki o kazayı sağ salim atlattım, şimdi şükrediyorum.
o
that / he / she / it
şimdi
now
kaza
accident
iyi ki
fortunately / it is a good thing that
Questions & Answers about İyi ki o kazayı sağ salim atlattım, şimdi şükrediyorum.
How does iyi ki connect to the rest of the sentence?
It simply sits at the beginning (or sometimes after the subject) and pairs with a normal, fully conjugated verb. Unlike English where you might need a structure like 'It is a good thing that...', iyi ki works directly with atlattım (I survived) without changing the verb's tense or form at all.
What kind of phrase is sağ salim?
It translates almost perfectly to the English idiom 'safe and sound.' Sağ means alive or intact, and salim means safe or secure. It acts as an adverb here, describing exactly how the speaker got through the accident.
Why does o kaza take the accusative ending to become o kazayı?
The verb atlatmak (to get through, survive, or avoid) requires its specific direct object to be in the accusative case. Because you are talking about a specific accident (o kaza), it must take the -yı ending.
Why is şükrediyorum written as one word instead of şükür ediyorum?