Breakdown of Misk ve lavanta esansı almadan edemedim.
ve
and
almak
to take, to buy
esans
essence
lavanta
lavender
etmek
to do (auxiliary verb)
misk
musk
Questions & Answers about Misk ve lavanta esansı almadan edemedim.
How exactly does almadan edemedim mean "I couldn't help but buy"?
This sentence uses the structure -mAdAn edememek, which expresses a strong psychological urge you can't resist. Literally, almadan means "without buying" and edemedim means "I couldn't do" (using the inability suffix -eme-). Together, "I couldn't do without buying" translates naturally to the English idiom "I couldn't help but buy."
Could I use duramadım instead of edemedim in this sentence?
Yes, they are completely interchangeable here. You could easily say Misk ve lavanta esansı almadan duramadım (literally, "I couldn't stand/stay without buying"). Both verbs are standard and equally natural ways to complete this "cannot help but" structure.
Why is there an -ı at the end of esansı rather than just saying esans?
It is there to form a noun compound. The nouns misk (musk) and lavanta (lavender) describe the type of esans (essence). To link these nouns together in Turkish, you must add the possessive suffix -(s)ı to the final noun. It works like saying "musk and lavender their essence."
Where does the 'd' in edemedim come from if the verb is etmek?
This is consonant mutation. The root is et- (to do). Whenever it is followed by a suffix starting with a vowel—in this case, the inability suffix -eme-—the hard t softens to a d, transforming et- into edeme-.
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