Breakdown of Sınavın zor olduğunu sanıyormuş; keşke bu kadar stres yapmasaymış.
bu
this
zor
difficult
yapmak
to do / to make
olmak
to be
sınav
exam
kadar
as ... as; until, up to
sanmak
to suppose, to assume
stres
stress
keşke
if only / I wish
Questions & Answers about Sınavın zor olduğunu sanıyormuş; keşke bu kadar stres yapmasaymış.
Why is it yapmasaymış instead of the usual past wish yapmasaydı?
The suffix -saydı (-sa + -dı) is used for direct past wishes or regrets (e.g., "I wish he hadn't stressed"). Adding the inferential copula -mış to make -saymış shows that you heard about this regret from someone else. It translates to "I hear he wishes he hadn't stressed" or "Apparently, he regrets stressing so much."
How does sanıyormuş mean "Apparently he thought" if -ıyor is the present continuous suffix?
The present continuous suffix -ıyor combined with the inferential -muş creates a reported continuous past. It means "I gather that he was thinking" or "Apparently he thought". The -muş adds the "apparently" or "I heard" meaning to his ongoing state of believing the exam was hard.
Can you break down the grammar in sınavın zor olduğunu?
This is a noun clause acting as the object of sanmak (to think/assume). We take the sentence "the exam is difficult" (sınav zor), add the genitive to the subject (sınavın), and turn the hidden verb "to be" into the participle olduk plus the possessive -u (olduğu). Finally, the accusative case -nu connects the whole clause to the verb as its direct object.
Why is yapmak (to make/do) used in stres yapmasaymış?
In Turkish, "to stress out" or "to get stressed" is often expressed with the compound verb stres yapmak. Literally meaning "to make stress," it is a very common colloquial phrase.
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