Breakdown of Toplantıdan sonra yeni bir tatsızlık istemedim, bu yüzden patavatsız tavırlarını görmezlikten geldim.
bir
a / an
yeni
new
gelmek
to come
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
görmek
to see
toplantı
meeting
sonra
after
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
tavır
attitude / manner
patavatsız
tactless
tatsızlık
unpleasantness
Questions & Answers about Toplantıdan sonra yeni bir tatsızlık istemedim, bu yüzden patavatsız tavırlarını görmezlikten geldim.
How does the structure of görmezlikten geldim create the meaning 'I pretended not to see'?
This is the target structure of the lesson! It combines the negative aorist görmez (doesn't see) with the noun-maker -lik, creating 'the state of not seeing'. We then add the ablative -ten (from) and the verb gelmek (to come). Literally, it means 'I came from the state of not seeing,' which is a set idiom for feigning ignorance or pretending not to notice something.
I often hear people say görmezden gelmek instead. Are they interchangeable?
They mean the exact same thing! In everyday modern Turkish, people frequently drop the -lik suffix and just say görmezden gelmek or duymazdan gelmek. Both are completely correct, though the version with -lik in our sentence is considered a bit more traditional.
Let's break down tavırlarını. Why are there two ı vowels separated by an n at the end?
The root is tavır (attitude or behavior). We add the plural -lar, then the third-person possessive -ı to get tavırları (his behaviors). Since these behaviors are the specific direct object being ignored, we need the accusative case. When adding the accusative -ı to a possessive suffix, we must use the buffer letter -n-, resulting in tavırlarını.
How is the word tatsızlık constructed to mean 'unpleasantness'?
It is built from the noun root tat (taste). Adding the suffix -sız (without) creates the adjective tatsız (tasteless, or metaphorically 'disagreeable'). Finally, adding the noun-forming suffix -lık creates the abstract noun tatsızlık, perfectly capturing a socially 'sour' situation or an unpleasant incident.
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