Word
Eğer işleri aksatmazsa, biraz kaytarmasına göz yumabilirim.
Meaning
If he doesn't disrupt the work, I can turn a blind eye to him slacking off a bit.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Eğer işleri aksatmazsa, biraz kaytarmasına göz yumabilirim.
iş
work
biraz
a little
eğer
if
göz yummak
to turn a blind eye
Questions & Answers about Eğer işleri aksatmazsa, biraz kaytarmasına göz yumabilirim.
Why do we use the aorist conditional aksatmazsa here instead of the simple conditional aksatmasa?
Aksatmazsa is a real conditional using the negative aorist (if he doesn't disrupt, as a likely future possibility). Aksatmasa would be a hypothetical or unreal conditional (if he were to not disrupt / if he didn't disrupt). Because this is a realistic scenario, the aorist conditional is the natural choice.
Can you break down the suffixes attached to kaytarmasına?
The root is kaytar- (to slack off). We add the verbal noun suffix -ma to make it an action (slacking), followed by the 3rd-person possessive -sı (his slacking). Finally, we add the buffer letter -n- and the dative case -a (to his slacking).
Why is the dative case -a used at the end of kaytarmasına?
It is required by the idiom göz yummak (to turn a blind eye). Just like in English where you turn a blind eye to something, the Turkish idiom requires the thing being ignored to take the dative case.
Are göz yumabilirim and göz yumurum interchangeable here?
Not quite. Göz yumabilirim uses the ability suffix -abil (I can turn a blind eye). Göz yumurum is just the standard aorist (I turn a blind eye / I will turn a blind eye). The ability suffix adds a nuance of tolerance rather than a definite promise.