Learn Turkish: Rekabetçi takım, sunumu yetiştirmek için uçarcasına koşuyor. - The competitive team is running as if flying to finish the presentation on time.

It uses the converb suffix -casına (or -çasına), which adds the meaning of "as if doing [verb]" or "in a manner of [verb]". To attach it to a verb, we first need a tense marker, usually the aorist. Here, we take the verb uçmak (to fly), add the aorist suffix -ar, and then attach -casına. So, uçarcasına essentially means "in a manner as if flying."

Could I just say uçar gibi instead of uçarcasına?

Yes, uçar gibi is grammatically correct and has a very similar meaning. However, the -casına suffix adds a more dramatic, extreme, or poetic flair to the sentence. At a B2 level, using -casına helps you express actions with a stronger sense of exaggeration—they aren't just running like birds, they are running with extreme, frantic speed!

I thought yetiştirmek meant "to grow" or "to raise". How does it mean "to finish" here?

Yetiştirmek is a very versatile verb. It is the causative form of yetişmek (to catch up, to reach, to be in time). When applied to a task or a deadline, like sunumu yetiştirmek, it means "to get the presentation done on time" or "to manage to finish it before the deadline."

Why does sunum take the accusative case (sunumu) before yetiştirmek için?