Breakdown of Sol bileğimi esnetmekte zorlanmama rağmen pes etmiyorum.
pes etmek
to give up (surrender, admit defeat)
sol
left
rağmen
despite / in spite of
zorlanmak
to have difficulty
Questions & Answers about Sol bileğimi esnetmekte zorlanmama rağmen pes etmiyorum.
Why do we use -mekte on esnetmek instead of the dative -meye or accusative -meyi?
The verb zorlanmak (to struggle / have difficulty) governs the locative case for the action you are struggling with. Since it is an action, we attach the locative suffix -de / -te to the full infinitive -mak / -mek. This makes esnetmekte zorlanmak, which translates literally as 'to struggle in stretching.'
Does esnetmekte here have anything to do with the formal continuous tense -mAktA?
No, although they look identical, they function differently. The continuous tense suffix like in yapmaktayım means 'I am currently doing.' In this sentence, -mek is simply the infinitive 'to stretch,' and -te is the locative case marker required by the main verb zorlanmak.
Why is there a double -ma in zorlanmama? Is the verb negative?
It is not negative! The first -ma is the short infinitive (verbal noun) that turns the verb into a concept. The -m is the 1st person possessive suffix (my struggling). The final -a is the dative case, which is strictly required by the postposition rağmen (despite). If it were negative, you would see three syllables: zorlanmamama (despite my not struggling).
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