Breakdown of Sosu hızlı çırpalım, yani pürüzsüz olsun.
olmak
to be
hızlı
fast
yani
I mean, that is
pürüzsüz
smooth
sos
sauce
çırpmak
to whisk
Questions & Answers about Sosu hızlı çırpalım, yani pürüzsüz olsun.
How does yani function in this sentence?
Why do the verb endings switch from -alım in çırpalım to -sun in olsun?
The subject changes mid-sentence. The first verb, çırpalım, uses the 'let us' ending because 'we' are doing the whisking. The second verb, olsun, uses the third-person imperative 'let it be' because the subject is now the sauce (sosu).
What is the root of the word pürüzsüz?
It comes from pürüz, which means a flaw, bump, or roughness. Adding the 'without' suffix -süz gives us pürüzsüz, meaning flawless or, when talking about liquids and batters, smooth.
Why is the accusative case used on sosu?
Because it refers to a specific, definite sauce that is being prepared right now. If the sentence were about a general rule for making sauces, it would just use the bare noun sos.
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