Breakdown of Prototipi inceleyelim, yeter ki tasarım özgün olsun.
olmak
to be
incelemek
to examine
tasarım
design
özgün
original (authentic, unique)
Questions & Answers about Prototipi inceleyelim, yeter ki tasarım özgün olsun.
Why does the sentence use the imperative olsun after yeter ki instead of a regular present tense like olur?
The conjunction yeter ki ("provided that" or "as long as") sets up a strong condition or requirement. In Turkish, this usually requires the verb that follows to be in the imperative or optative mood rather than a standard indicative tense. Olsun literally means "let it be" or "it must be", which perfectly matches the demanding tone of "as long as it is...".
Does the yeter ki clause always have to come at the end of the sentence?
No, just like in English, you can flip the clause order! You can say, "Yeter ki tasarım özgün olsun, prototipi inceleyelim" (Provided that the design is original, let's examine the prototype). Putting it at the end just makes the condition feel slightly more like a sudden stipulation added onto the main suggestion.
We have inceleyelim (optative) in the first clause and olsun (imperative) in the second. Do these moods always go together with yeter ki?
Not necessarily, but they are a very common pair! Yeter ki forces its condition clause to use the optative or imperative mood (like olsun). However, the main clause can be in whatever tense or mood fits your meaning. Here, the speaker is making a suggestion ("let's examine"), so the main clause naturally takes the 1st person plural optative (inceleyelim).
I know the loanword orijinal. Is özgün used exactly the same way?