Breakdown of Rüzgâr şiddetlenmekle kalmayıp bütün gece esip durdu.
durmak
to stop, to stand
kalmak
to stay / to be left / to remain (in a state)
gece
night
rüzgâr
wind
bütün
all, whole
esmek
to blow (wind)
şiddetlenmek
to intensify
Questions & Answers about Rüzgâr şiddetlenmekle kalmayıp bütün gece esip durdu.
How does şiddetlenmekle kalmayıp translate to "didn't just intensify"?
This highlights the core structure of the lesson: -mak (infinitive) + la/le (with) + kalmayıp (not remaining, and...). Literally, it means "not remaining with intensifying." In natural English, we express this as "not only [did it do X]" or "didn't just [do X]."
Where does the verb şiddetlenmek come from?
It is built from the noun şiddet, which means "violence" or "intensity." Adding the suffix -len turns it into an intransitive verb meaning "to acquire the quality of" or "to become intense."
Doesn't durdu mean "stopped"? Why does esip durdu mean "kept blowing"?
On its own, durmak does mean "to stop." However, when you combine any verb with -(y)ip durmak, it creates a compound that means doing an action repeatedly or continuously. Paradoxically, esip durdu means it kept on blowing without stopping!
There are two words ending in -(y)ıp/-(y)ip here. Do they serve the same function?
Not exactly. The first one, kalmayıp, acts as a standard linking converb connecting the two halves of the sentence ("it didn't just intensify, and then..."). The second one, esip, is strictly there to satisfy the fixed compound verb structure -(y)ip durmak to show continuous action.
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