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Geçen ayki harcamaları hesapladım; şüphelendiğimden değil, giderlerimizi görmek istediğimden.
Meaning
I calculated last month's expenditures; not because I was suspicious, but because I wanted to see our expenses.
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Breakdown of Geçen ayki harcamaları hesapladım; şüphelendiğimden değil, giderlerimizi görmek istediğimden.
değil
not
istemek
to want / to require / to call for
görmek
to see
ay
month
Questions & Answers about Geçen ayki harcamaları hesapladım; şüphelendiğimden değil, giderlerimizi görmek istediğimden.
How does the phrase şüphelendiğimden değil literally translate to "not because I was suspicious"?
This uses the negative causal structure you are focusing on right now. Starting with the verb şüphelenmek (to suspect), we add the participle -diğ and the possessive -im to get şüphelendiğim (the fact that I suspect). The ablative suffix -den provides the "because of / from" meaning. Finally, adding değil negates it entirely, creating "not because of the fact that I suspect."
Why does the sentence end with istediğimden instead of simply saying istedim?
It mirrors the grammar of the previous clause to create a direct "not because of X, but because of Y" contrast. İstediğimden uses the exact same structure as şüphelendiğimden, minus the değil. If you just said istedim (I wanted), it would form a completely separate thought rather than a direct contrasting reason.
The English translation uses both "expenditures" and "expenses". What is the difference between harcamaları and giderlerimizi?
They are very close in meaning but have slightly different roots. Harcama comes from harcamak (to spend) and refers to the active act of spending money or the money itself. Gider is more of an accounting term for outgoing money (expenses), contrasting with gelir (income). The speaker is likely using both words here simply to avoid repeating the same noun twice.