Breakdown of Kim ne derse desin, bu esrarengiz kazalar rastlantı değil.
bu
this
ne
what
kim
who
değil
not
kaza
accident
demek
to say, to mean
esrarengiz
mysterious / enigmatic (eerie, uncanny)
rastlantı
coincidence
Questions & Answers about Kim ne derse desin, bu esrarengiz kazalar rastlantı değil.
How does kim ne derse desin translate to 'no matter what anyone says'?
This is a common idiomatic structure in Turkish made of question words (here, kim and ne), the verb in the conditional (derse), and the same verb in the 3rd person imperative (desin). Literally, it means 'Whoever, if they say whatever, let them say it.' It is the standard formula to express 'No matter who does what.'
Can you break down the exact verb forms in derse desin?
Yes. derse is the aorist conditional of demek (to say): de- + -r (aorist) + -se (conditional), meaning 'if he/she says'. desin is the third-person singular imperative: de- + -sin, meaning 'let him/her say'. Repeating the verb like this is how you build 'no matter what/who/where' phrases in Turkish.
Where does the word esrarengiz come from?
It is a loanword. esrar is actually the plural of the Arabic word for secret (sır), and the Persian suffix -engiz means 'causing' or 'creating.' So it literally translates to 'creating secrets,' which gives us the meaning 'mysterious.'
Is the -ntı in rastlantı the same suffix used to turn verbs into nouns?
Exactly. The base is the verb rastlamak (to encounter or come across by chance). The suffix -ntı creates a noun from a verb, just like how toplanmak (to gather) becomes toplantı (a meeting). Thus, the act of coming across something by chance becomes the noun 'coincidence.'
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