Breakdown of Vanilya ve miski harmanlamadan edemiyoruz.
ve
and
harmanlamak
to blend
etmek
to do (auxiliary verb)
vanilya
vanilla
Questions & Answers about Vanilya ve miski harmanlamadan edemiyoruz.
How does the structure -madan edemiyoruz literally translate to "we cannot help but"?
It combines the negative converb -madan ("without doing") with the inability form of the helper verb etmek, which is edememek ("to be unable to do"). Literally, harmanlamadan edemiyoruz translates to "we are unable to do [it] without blending," which is the Turkish idiom for "we cannot help but blend."
Why does only misk get the accusative ending in Vanilya ve miski?
When multiple nouns are joined by ve (and) to form a single specific direct object, Turkish usually only attaches the case marker to the very last noun in the sequence. Here, the accusative suffix -i on miski applies to both vanilya and misk.
Why doesn't the 'k' in misk mutate to 'ğ' when adding the accusative -i?
Misk (musk) is an Arabic loanword. Many single-syllable loanwords, as well as several single-syllable native Turkish words, do not undergo the usual consonant mutation (where k changes to ğ) when a vowel suffix is added. So it stays miski instead of becoming misği.
Could I say karıştırmadan instead of harmanlamadan here?