Breakdown of Yorgun değilim, aksine kendimi çok iyi hissediyorum.
iyi
good
yorgun
tired
değil
not
çok
very
hissetmek
to feel
kendi
self
aksine
on the contrary
Questions & Answers about Yorgun değilim, aksine kendimi çok iyi hissediyorum.
The current lesson is about words like oysa and halbuki. Could I use one of those instead of aksine here?
Oysa and halbuki mean 'whereas' or 'however.' They introduce a contrasting fact (for example, 'I am not tired, whereas he is'). Aksine, on the other hand, means 'on the contrary.' It is used to directly contradict a previous statement and replace it with the opposite truth, just like in this sentence. So aksine is the most natural choice here.
Why do we need the word kendimi here? Can't I just say Çok iyi hissediyorum like in English?
In English, you can just say 'I feel good,' but Turkish requires you to specify exactly what you are feeling. When expressing your own state of being, you must include kendimi (myself). The -i at the very end is the accusative case suffix because 'myself' is the direct object of the verb. Without it, the sentence sounds like you are physically touching and feeling an unnamed object in the room!
Why are there two 's' letters and a 'd' in hissediyorum?
The verb hissetmek is a compound verb made from the noun his (feeling) and the helper verb etmek (to do/make). When these combine, the final consonant of the noun doubles to make pronunciation smoother, giving us the double 's'. Additionally, the 't' in etmek softens to a 'd' because it is followed by a vowel from the present continuous suffix -iyor.
How is the word aksine formed?
It comes from the word aksi (the opposite or the contrary). When it takes the dative case suffix -e (to/towards), the buffer letter -n- is used to connect them. Literally, it translates as 'towards the opposite', which functions as 'on the contrary' in conversation.
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