Breakdown of Hastanın kanser teşhisi almış olmasına rağmen, izlemekte olduğumuz komplikasyonlar çok hafif.
çok
very
almak
to take, to buy
izlemek
to watch
olmak
to be
hafif
light
rağmen
despite / in spite of
hasta
patient (medical)
kanser
cancer
teşhis
diagnosis
komplikasyon
complication
Questions & Answers about Hastanın kanser teşhisi almış olmasına rağmen, izlemekte olduğumuz komplikasyonlar çok hafif.
How does izlemekte olduğumuz work here, and how is it different from izlediğimiz?
This phrase showcases the lesson's grammar point: the formal present continuous relative clause. It combines the verb izlemek (to monitor) with the formal continuous suffix -mekte, followed by olduğumuz (the object relative participle olduk + the -umuz possessive). While izlediğimiz simply means "that we monitor," izlemekte olduğumuz stresses that the monitoring is an ongoing, continuous process right now, fitting this formal medical context.
Why is it almış olmasına rağmen instead of just almasına rağmen?
Adding the -mış suffix before the verbal noun turns it into a perfective state. While almasına rağmen would mean "despite receiving" in a general or ongoing sense, almış olmasına rağmen means "despite having received." It shows the diagnosis is a completed event in the past whose state continues into the present.
Why is hasta in the genitive case (hastanın)?
The first clause is a noun clause acting as the subject of rağmen. In Turkish, the subject of a verbal noun (like olması) takes the genitive case. So, "the patient's having received" structurally translates to hastanın... almış olması.
Why do we use almış (from almak) with teşhis (diagnosis)?
In Turkish, a patient "takes" or "receives" a diagnosis, which is expressed as teşhis almak. Conversely, if you were talking about the doctor making the diagnosis, you would use teşhis koymak (literally "to put a diagnosis").
What is the function of the -na at the end of olmasına?
The postposition rağmen (despite) requires the preceding word to be in the dative case. After forming the verbal noun olması, we add the buffer letter -n- and the dative suffix -a to connect it properly to rağmen.
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