Breakdown of Mesajlaşmaya gelince, biz her gün kullanıyoruz ama büyükannem görüntülü görüşmeyi seviyor.
biz
we
sevmek
to love, to like
her
every
gün
day
kullanmak
to use
ama
but
görüşme
meeting (interview, discussion)
büyükanne
grandmother
gelince
as for, when it comes to
mesajlaşmak
to message each other (via text/SMS)
görüntülü
with video, visual
Questions & Answers about Mesajlaşmaya gelince, biz her gün kullanıyoruz ama büyükannem görüntülü görüşmeyi seviyor.
How exactly does mesajlaşmaya gelince translate to 'as for messaging'?
The structure -(y)a/e gelince literally translates to 'when it comes to' and is used as a topic-shifting marker meaning 'as for' or 'regarding'. Here, the verbal noun mesajlaşma (messaging) takes the dative case -ya, followed by gelince.
The English translation says 'we use it every day', but I don't see a word for 'it' in the Turkish sentence. Why is it omitted?
In Turkish, it is very common to drop object pronouns like onu (it) when the context makes it obvious. Since we just established 'messaging' as the topic with the first phrase, kullanıyoruz (we use) naturally implies we are using it without needing the explicit pronoun.
Both mesajlaşma and görüşme look like they have the negative -ma/me suffix. What are they doing here?
These are not negative verbs! The -ma/me suffix is also used to create verbal nouns, similar to '-ing' words in English. Mesajlaşmak means 'to exchange messages', so mesajlaşma is the noun 'messaging'. Similarly, görüşmek (to converse/meet) becomes görüşme (a meeting or call).
Why does görüşmeyi have the accusative case -(y)i at the end?
The verb sevmek (to like/love) requires its direct object to be in the definite accusative case when referring to a specific activity you like doing. Since the activity she likes is görüntülü görüşme (video calling), we add the buffer -y- and the accusative suffix -i.
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