Breakdown of Yatırımcılar çekirdek finansman verir, yeter ki girişim yenilikçi olsun ve patent alsın.
ve
and
almak
to take, to buy
olmak
to be
vermek
to give
yatırımcı
investor
girişim
startup / initiative
yeter ki
as long as / provided that (on the condition that)
yenilikçi
innovative
finansman
financing
çekirdek
seed / core (fruit pit, center)
patent
patent
Questions & Answers about Yatırımcılar çekirdek finansman verir, yeter ki girişim yenilikçi olsun ve patent alsın.
Why are the verbs olsun and alsın in the imperative form instead of a normal tense like the aorist?
This is the key feature of yeter ki (provided that / as long as). It expresses a strong requirement or condition. In Turkish, clauses introduced by yeter ki require the imperative or optative mood, not regular indicative tenses. Since the subject is girişim (the startup, 3rd person), we use the 3rd person imperative forms olsun and alsın.
Does yeter ki always sit in the middle of the sentence?
It sits right before the condition it introduces. Because ki is a conjunction borrowed from Persian, it works much like English conjunctions. It connects the main action (Yatırımcılar çekirdek finansman verir) directly to the required condition, literally meaning 'It is enough that...'.
Yatırımcılar (investors) is a plural human subject. Why is the verb verir singular instead of verirler?
While specific human subjects usually take a plural verb, when making a broad, general statement about a category of people, Turkish often leaves the verb in the singular. Using verir emphasizes the general rule rather than the individual people.
Why is it çekirdek finansman rather than a noun compound with a suffix, like çekirdek finansmanı?
In modern business terminology, çekirdek (seed) is often used as a direct adjective to translate the English concept of 'seed financing'. While çekirdek finansmanı wouldn't be grammatically wrong, using it as a bare modifier is very common in this specific industry jargon.
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