Breakdown of Mühendisler hırsla, yarışırcasına kodluyor.
mühendis
engineer
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
yarışmak
to race, to compete
kodlamak
to code
Questions & Answers about Mühendisler hırsla, yarışırcasına kodluyor.
How exactly is yarışırcasına formed from the verb root yarış- (to compete)?
The converb suffix -cAsInA / -çAsInA usually doesn't attach directly to a bare verb stem. Instead, it attaches to a tense marker. Here, it is added to the aorist (simple present) form yarışır (competes). Adding -casına turns it into an adverb of manner meaning "as if competing."
Could we use a different tense before -casına, like yarışmışçasına?
Yes! The choice of tense before -casına changes the timeframe of the comparison. Using the aorist base here (yarışır) gives it an active, ongoing feel: "as if they are competing." If you used the evidential past base to make yarışmışçasına, it would mean "as if they had competed."
Is hırsla functioning the same way as yarışırcasına in this sentence?
Grammatically, yes. Both act as adverbs describing the manner in which the engineers are coding. While yarışırcasına uses the target converb suffix, hırsla is formed by adding the shortened suffix -la (from ile, meaning "with") to the noun hırs (ambition). Stacking them paints a vivid picture of the engineers' extreme effort.
As a quick refresher, why is the verb kodluyor instead of kodlayor? Isn't the root kodlamak?