Breakdown of Bu aksaklık yüzünden, uçuşu geciken yolculara öncelik vermemiz lazımdı.
bu
this
yolcu
passenger
vermek
to give
gecikmek
to be late / to be delayed
lazım
necessary
uçuş
flight
yüzünden
because of (negative cause)
öncelik
priority
aksaklık
glitch / disruption
Questions & Answers about Bu aksaklık yüzünden, uçuşu geciken yolculara öncelik vermemiz lazımdı.
How does uçuşu geciken yolculara mean "the passengers whose flights were delayed"?
This is the standard way to say "whose" in Turkish. You take the possessed thing and add a possessive suffix (uçuş-u = their flight), follow it with the verb using the -(y)An participle (gecik-en = that is delayed), and finally the main noun (yolcular-a = to the passengers). Literally: "to the their-flight-delayed passengers".
Why doesn't aksaklık take a genitive suffix before yüzünden?
While personal pronouns do take the genitive before yüzünden (like benim yüzümden for "because of me"), regular nouns do not. You just use the bare noun, so it is bu aksaklık yüzünden, never bu aksaklığın yüzünden.
We translated "we had to give" as vermemiz lazımdı. Could we use vermeliydik here?
Yes, vermeliydik (we should have/had to give) is grammatically fine and means almost the exact same thing. Using a verbal noun with a possessive suffix (verme-miz) plus lazımdı (it was necessary) is just a very common alternative for expressing necessity in the past, and can sometimes sound a bit more like an external requirement.
Does aksaklık have a specific nuance compared to general words for "problem" like sorun?
Yes! It comes from the adjective aksak, which means "limping" or "lame". When used for systems or plans, aksaklık specifically refers to a "hitch", "glitch", or "disruption" that causes things to not run smoothly, making it the perfect word for operational issues like flight delays.
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