Breakdown of Büyümeden korkmamalıyız, yeter ki sistem ölçeklenebilir olsun.
korkmak
to fear
olmak
to be
sistem
system
yeter ki
as long as / provided that (on the condition that)
Questions & Answers about Büyümeden korkmamalıyız, yeter ki sistem ölçeklenebilir olsun.
Why is the imperative olsun used here instead of a regular present tense like olur or oluyor?
The phrase yeter ki (provided that / as long as) sets up a condition or a wish. In Turkish, this conjunction requires the verb that follows it to be in either the optative or imperative mood. Since sistem (the system) is a third-person subject, we use the third-person imperative olsun (let it be).
Why is büyümeden in the ablative (-den) case?
This is a quick reminder from earlier levels: the verb korkmak (to fear) always takes the ablative case (-dan/-den). In Turkish, you are conceptually afraid 'from' something. Here, the verbal noun büyüme (growth) takes -den to form the object of our fear.
Ölçeklenebilir (scalable) is quite a long word. How is it constructed?
It is built from the noun ölçek (scale). The suffix -len turns it into the passive verb ölçeklenmek (to be scaled). Then, the ability suffix -ebil and the aorist suffix -ir are added. It literally means 'it can be scaled', which serves perfectly as the adjective 'scalable'.
Can the yeter ki clause be moved to the beginning of the sentence?