Breakdown of O kötü tutumundan vazgeçseymiş, bu servet ve itibar ona kısmet olurmuş.
bu
this
o
that / he / she / it
kötü
bad
ve
and
olmak
to be
vazgeçmek
to give up
tutum
attitude / behavior (stance)
kısmet
luck / destiny (one's lot)
servet
wealth / fortune (money, riches)
itibar
reputation
Questions & Answers about O kötü tutumundan vazgeçseymiş, bu servet ve itibar ona kısmet olurmuş.
How does the ending on vazgeçseymiş change the meaning compared to vazgeçseydi?
vazgeçseymiş is formed with the conditional -se plus the reported suffix -miş. While vazgeçseydi simply means 'If he had given up' as a standard hypothetical, vazgeçseymiş adds a layer of hearsay. It implies 'I heard or they say that if he had given up...' This is exactly what you use when recounting gossip, rumors, or a story you did not witness yourself.
Why does the main clause end with olurmuş instead of olurdu?
It matches the reported conditional (-seymiş) in the first half. olurmuş combines the aorist (-ur, used for 'would' in hypotheticals) with the reported suffix (-muş). It means 'would reportedly have been.' If you used olurdu, you would be stating the result as a definite, known fact, which clashes with the hearsay setup of the first clause.
Why does tutumundan have the ablative -dan ending instead of an accusative ending?
The verb vazgeçmek (to give up, to abandon) requires its object to be in the ablative case (-dAn). In Turkish logic, you do not give up a thing; you step away from a thing. So the word breaks down as tutum (attitude) + -u (his) + -n- (buffer) + -dan (from).
Could the O at the beginning mean 'that' bad attitude instead of 'he'?
Grammatically, it could translate to 'that' bad attitude. However, native speakers will naturally read O as the subject pronoun 'He' because there is no other explicit subject for the verb. Both interpretations work, but treating it as 'He' is the most direct way to parse it here.
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