Breakdown of Şaha saldıracağın zaman, agresif bir taktikten yana ol.
bir
a / an
zaman
time
olmak
to be
saldırmak
to attack
Questions & Answers about Şaha saldıracağın zaman, agresif bir taktikten yana ol.
How does -den yana work in this sentence, and what does it mean?
The postposition yana pairs with the ablative case (-den/-dan) to mean "in favor of" or "on the side of." Here, taktik gets the ablative suffix to become taktikten yana (in favor of a tactic). Combined with the imperative verb ol (be), it forms the command "be in favor of."
Why is the word for king in the dative case (şaha)? Shouldn't it be a direct object?
In English, "attack" takes a direct object, but the Turkish verb saldırmak always requires the dative case (-e/-a). You are conceptually directing your attack towards a target. Therefore, şah (king) becomes şaha.
Why do we use saldıracağın zaman instead of saldırınca or saldırdığın zaman?
saldıracağın uses the future participle (-acak) plus the 2nd person possessive (-ın). This emphasizes that the attack is an upcoming event ("when you are going to attack"). saldırınca or saldırdığın zaman would sound more like a general truth or habit ("whenever you attack").
Why is the word order agresif bir taktik rather than bir agresif taktik?