Breakdown of Samimiyetsiz insanlarla muhatap olmak istemiyorum, bu yüzden onları görmezlikten geliyorum.
o
that / he / she / it
insan
person
gelmek
to come
olmak
to be
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
görmek
to see
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
samimiyetsiz
insincere
muhatap
interlocutor / addressee
Questions & Answers about Samimiyetsiz insanlarla muhatap olmak istemiyorum, bu yüzden onları görmezlikten geliyorum.
How is görmezlikten gelmek built to mean "pretend not to see"?
This is a fixed grammar pattern used for feigned ignorance. It consists of the verb root (gör) + the negative aorist suffix (-mez) + the noun-forming suffix (-lik) + the ablative case (-ten) + gelmek. Literally, it means "to come from the state of not seeing." You can use this pattern with other verbs of perception or understanding, like duymazlıktan gelmek (pretend not to hear).
Why is onları in the accusative case here? Doesn't the verb gelmek usually take direction (dative or ablative)?
That is a great catch! While the verb gelmek on its own does not take a direct object, the entire phrase görmezlikten gelmek acts as a single compound verb. Because the core action you are pretending not to do is "seeing" (görmek), which requires a definite direct object, the pronoun takes the accusative case (onları).
Why do we say insanlarla (with people) instead of using the dative or accusative case for "deal with"?
The phrase translated as "to deal with" is muhatap olmak. The noun muhatap means "interlocutor" or "the person being addressed." In Turkish, you become an interlocutor with someone, so it requires the ile (-la/-le) postposition. You will often see this as biriyle muhatap olmak (to interact/deal with someone).
How exactly is the word samimiyetsiz (insincere) formed? Could I just say samimisiz?
You cannot say samimisiz. The base adjective is samimi (sincere). To add the "without" suffix (-siz), the word is first turned into the abstract noun samimiyet (sincerity) using the suffix -iyet, which is commonly attached to Arabic loanwords. Therefore, samimiyetsiz literally translates to "without sincerity."
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