Learn Turkish: Her gün çalışırdım, yeter ki sen başarılı olsan. - I would work every day, provided you were successful.

The phrase yeter ki translates to "provided that" or "as long as". When setting a condition for the main clause, it is almost always followed by a verb in the conditional mood, which is why we see the -sa suffix in olsan. It strongly emphasizes that the first action depends entirely on the second.

Why is the condition (yeter ki sen başarılı olsan) at the end of the sentence instead of the beginning?

Standard Turkish grammar normally places the "if" clause before the main clause. However, yeter ki includes the Persian conjunction ki, which links clauses in the same order as English does. This allows the main clause (Her gün çalışırdım) to come first, followed by the condition.

Why are we using çalışırdım and olsan instead of present or future tenses?

This specific tense combination creates a hypothetical, unreal scenario. Çalışırdım uses the aorist tense plus the past tense suffix to mean "I would work", while olsan uses the simple conditional to mean "if you were". This shows the speaker is imagining a scenario rather than talking about a realistic, open possibility.

Could I use the aorist conditional and say yeter ki başarılı olursan here?