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)
ölçeklenebilir
scalable
büyüme
growth
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?
Yes! Because yeter ki comes from Persian, it works much like an English conjunction and doesn't force the condition to be nested inside the main Turkish sentence structure. You can perfectly well say Yeter ki sistem ölçeklenebilir olsun, büyümeden korkmamalıyız.
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