Breakdown of Eğer dayanıklılık antrenmanı yapsaydı, kaldıramayacağı bir ağırlık veya yapamayacağı bir kavrama hareketi olmazdı.
bir
a / an
yapmak
to do / to make
olmak
to be
veya
or
Questions & Answers about Eğer dayanıklılık antrenmanı yapsaydı, kaldıramayacağı bir ağırlık veya yapamayacağı bir kavrama hareketi olmazdı.
The English translation says "If he had done," which is a past unreal conditional. Why doesn't the Turkish use yapmış olsaydı?
While yapmış olsaydı explicitly means "If he had done," Turkish speakers frequently use the simpler -sAydI form (yapsaydı) to cover both present unreal ("If he did") and past unreal ("If he had done") conditionals. The context of the situation usually clarifies which timeframe is meant.
Why use the future participle -acak in kaldıramayacağı when the translation is "he could not lift"?
In Turkish, the -AcAK participle isn't just for future time; it's also used for hypothetical, potential, or conditional situations. Since this unliftable weight is purely hypothetical (it wouldn't exist if he trained), Turkish uses the future relative clause to express "a weight that he would not be able to lift."
Where is the "could" (ability) part hidden in yapamayacağı and kaldıramayacağı?
It is hidden in the single vowel -a- right after the verb stems! The breakdown is yap- (do) + -a- (ability) + -ma- (negative) + -yacak (relative clause) + -ı (his). Remember that in negative sentences, the ability suffix -abil shortens to just -a or -e right before the negative -ma/-me.
Why don't and take the accusative case, since they are the things he can't lift or do?