Breakdown of Plan basitti, ne var ki hiçbir şey plana göre gitmedi.
gitmek
to go
plan
plan
şey
thing
hiçbir
no / not any (determiner)
Questions & Answers about Plan basitti, ne var ki hiçbir şey plana göre gitmedi.
This lesson is about contrastive conjunctions like 'oysa' and 'halbuki'. Is ne var ki used the same way?
Yes, ne var ki is another contrastive conjunction meaning 'however' or 'nevertheless.' Just like oysa or bununla birlikte, it connects two statements and introduces a surprising contrast or a complication. Literally, it means 'what is there that,' but it functions entirely as a fixed phrase.
Why is the verb negative (gitmedi) if the English translation uses a positive verb ('nothing went')?
In Turkish, words that mean 'nothing' or 'nobody' (like hiçbir şey) must always be paired with a negative verb. So hiçbir şey plana göre gitmedi literally translates to 'anything did not go according to plan.' This kind of grammatical 'double negative' is standard and required in Turkish.
Why does the word plan change to plana before göre?
The word göre (according to) is a postposition that always demands the dative case (the -e or -a suffix) on the noun preceding it. Because the last vowel in plan is a back vowel ('a'), it takes the -a suffix, becoming plana göre.
What is the -ti attached to the end of basitti?