Word
Keşke toplantıda o kadar sinirli davranmasaymış.
Meaning
I hear he wishes he hadn't acted so angry at the meeting.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Keşke toplantıda o kadar sinirli davranmasaymış.
o
that / he / she / it
toplantı
meeting
sinirli
angry
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
Questions & Answers about Keşke toplantıda o kadar sinirli davranmasaymış.
Why does the verb end in -saymış instead of the usual past wish form -saydı?
The -mış suffix adds a reported or inferential meaning. If the sentence ended in davranmasaydı, it would mean you are making the wish: "I wish he hadn't acted so angry." By using -saymış, you are reporting his regret: "Apparently, he wishes he hadn't acted so angry."
How do we know it translates to "he wishes" rather than "I wish"?
The word keşke (if only) usually translates to "I wish" when paired with the regular past conditional -saydı. However, because the reported -mış is used here (davranmasaymış), the person feeling the regret is the subject of the verb. You are just passing along the information that he is regretting his own actions.
What is the exact breakdown of the suffixes in davranmasaymış?
It is built from davran (act/behave) + -ma (negative) + -sa (conditional/wish) + -y- (buffer) + -mış (inferential copula).
Why use o kadar here instead of just çok (very)?
O kadar translates to "that much" or "so." Using o kadar sinirli means "so angry" or "angry to that extent." It implies the speaker and the listener already know exactly how angry he was at the meeting, and he specifically regrets reaching that known level of anger.