Word
Bu gerginlikle verimliliği artıramayız ve projeyi yetiştiremeyiz.
Meaning
We cannot increase productivity and cannot finish the project on time with this tension.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Bu gerginlikle verimliliği artıramayız ve projeyi yetiştiremeyiz.
bu
this
ve
and
proje
project
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
Questions & Answers about Bu gerginlikle verimliliği artıramayız ve projeyi yetiştiremeyiz.
Both artıramayız and yetiştiremeyiz use causative suffixes. How do they change the meaning of the base verbs here?
The base verbs are artmak (to increase, like prices going up) and yetişmek (to catch up, to be on time). Adding the causative suffixes -ır and -tir makes them transitive, meaning they now take a direct object. Artırmak means "to increase something" (here, productivity). Yetiştirmek literally means "to make something reach on time," which is the standard Turkish way to say "to finish a project by the deadline."
How can I tell that artıramayız means "we cannot increase" rather than "we do/will not increase"?
The key is the letter -a- right before the negative -ma- suffix. The simple negative aorist is artırmayız (we do not / will not increase). By adding the potential vowel -a- (from -ebilmek), it becomes the negative potential form: artır-a-ma-yız (we cannot increase). The exact same pattern happens with yetiştir-e-me-yiz.
Why did the k at the end of verimlilik (productivity) change to a ğ in verimliliği?
Because productivity is the specific direct object being increased, it takes the definite accusative suffix -i. When you add a vowel-starting suffix to a noun ending in k, Turkish consonant mutation applies and the k softens into a ğ, resulting in verimliliği.