Breakdown of Haşereler ve küf yüzünden mahsul ziyan olacak diye korkuyor.
ve
and
korkmak
to fear
diye
saying / asking / that (quoting)
yüzünden
because of (negative cause)
Questions & Answers about Haşereler ve küf yüzünden mahsul ziyan olacak diye korkuyor.
Why do we use the future tense (olacak) before diye when the English translation says 'is afraid that'?
In Turkish, to express fear or worry that something might or will happen, we use a direct quote structure. We literally say, "Thinking 'the harvest will be wasted' (mahsul ziyan olacak), he is afraid." The word diye connects this anticipated future event to the verb of fearing (korkuyor).
Could I use için instead of yüzünden to mean 'because of'?
You could, but yüzünden is much more natural here. While için is a neutral 'because of,' yüzünden specifically carries a negative connotation, meaning 'due to the fault of' or 'to blame for.' Since pests (haşereler) and mold (küf) are threatening the crops, yüzünden perfectly captures that blame.
Why isn't it 'haşerelerin ve küfün yüzünden' with the genitive case on the nouns?
When talking about general, unspecific concepts like 'pests' and 'mold' in a broad sense, Turkish often drops the genitive suffix before yüzünden. If we were talking about specific pests that we had already pointed out, we would use the genitive: bu haşerelerin yüzünden (because of these pests).
What kind of verb is 'ziyan olacak' and how is it formed?