Word
Verilerin kaybolması durumunda her şeyi yeniden yedeklersen iyi olur.
Meaning
In case the data gets lost, you had better back up everything again.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Verilerin kaybolması durumunda her şeyi yeniden yedeklersen iyi olur.
iyi
good
olmak
to be
her
every
şey
thing
Questions & Answers about Verilerin kaybolması durumunda her şeyi yeniden yedeklersen iyi olur.
How does the phrase kaybolması durumunda translate to "in case it gets lost"?
This is the formal conditional structure you are currently learning. It combines the verbal noun kaybolma (getting lost) with the 3rd-person possessive suffix -sı. This links to the noun before it (verilerin). Finally, durumunda means "in the situation of" or "in the case of," creating the meaning "in case the data gets lost."
Why is veri (data) in the genitive case as verilerin?
Because it acts as the "owner" in a possessive construction with the verbal noun kaybolması. In Turkish, when expressing "something doing an action" in this type of clause, the subject of that action takes the genitive case. It literally translates to "the data's getting lost."
Why is her şey written with an extra vowel as her şeyi here?
her şey (everything) is the direct object of the verb yedeklemek (to back up). Even though "everything" feels broad in English, in Turkish it is treated as a specific, defined object, so it must take the accusative case ending -i.
I know iyi olur means "it will be good." Is -sAn iyi olur a fixed phrase for giving advice?
Yes! When you combine a verb in the aorist conditional (like yedeklersen, meaning "if you back up") with iyi olur, it creates the standard Turkish structure for "you had better do [action]" or "it would be best if you did [action]."