Breakdown of Keşke nasihatlere aldırış etseymiş ve servetini savurganlıkla harcamasaymış.
ve
and
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
harcamak
to spend (money, time)
keşke
if only / I wish
Questions & Answers about Keşke nasihatlere aldırış etseymiş ve servetini savurganlıkla harcamasaymış.
Why does this sentence use etseymiş and harcamasaymış instead of the standard past wish etseydi and harcamasaydı?
The -(y)sAymIş ending combines the wish/conditional -se with the reported/inferential past -miş. It is used to express regret about a past event that you did not personally witness. You are saying 'I wish he had done this' based on a story you heard or a fact you realized after it happened.
Why does the word for advice (nasihatlere) have the dative -e ending here?
The compound verb aldırış etmek means 'to pay attention to' or 'to mind', and it requires the dative case for the object being minded. So you are literally saying he should have paid attention 'to' the advice (nasihatlere).
Can you break down the suffixes in savurganlıkla?
It comes from the verb savurmak (to toss or scatter). Adding -gan creates the adjective savurgan (wasteful/extravagant). Adding -lık makes it the abstract noun savurganlık (extravagance). Finally, the instrumental ending -la (with) is added to mean 'with extravagance' or 'extravagantly'.
In the word servetini, why are there two -i suffixes at the end?