Breakdown of Keşke babasının nasihatine biraz aldırış etseymiş.
baba
father
biraz
a little
keşke
if only / I wish
nasihat
advice
aldırış etmek
to pay attention / to care (to mind)
Questions & Answers about Keşke babasının nasihatine biraz aldırış etseymiş.
Why does the English translation say 'I hear he wishes' when the Turkish sentence starts with 'Keşke'?
The word Keşke means 'if only' or 'I wish', but the verb ending -seymiş changes who is doing the wishing. It combines the wish/conditional suffix -se with the reported past suffix -miş. Instead of expressing your own wish (which would be etseydi), you are reporting a wish or regret that you heard about. It means 'Apparently, he wishes he had...'
Why is the dative case used on nasihatine?
The verb phrase aldırış etmek (to pay attention to, to mind, to care) requires the dative case for its object. Since he is paying attention to the advice, nasihat gets the dative ending -e at the very end.
What are all the suffixes on babasının nasihatine?
It is a possessive noun phrase (his father's advice). Baba-sı-nın (father-his-of) uses the 3rd person possessive and genitive case. Nasihat-i-n-e (advice-his-buffer-to) uses the 3rd person possessive -i to link with the father, the buffer consonant -n-, and finally the dative case -e for the verb.
Is it possible to use -seymiş for the first person, like in 'Keşke etseymişim'?
Yes, though it expresses a delayed realization about yourself. If you say Keşke etseymişim, it means 'I now realize I should have done it' or 'People are telling me I should have done it, and they are right.' The -miş part shows that the regret or the realization came to you after the fact, often from outside information.
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