Breakdown of Güvenlik yönergesine harfiyen riayet etmeniz icap ediyor.
güvenlik
security
icap etmek
to be required / to be necessary
yönerge
directive / guideline
harfiyen
strictly / to the letter
riayet etmek
to comply with / to abide by
Questions & Answers about Güvenlik yönergesine harfiyen riayet etmeniz icap ediyor.
Why is the word yönerge (directive) written as yönergesine here?
Two things are happening. First, it is part of a noun compound, güvenlik yönergesi (safety directive), which adds the possessive -si. Second, the verb riayet etmek (to comply) requires the dative case for the thing being complied with. We add the buffer letter -n- and the dative suffix -e to the end, resulting in yönergesine.
How does riayet etmeniz translate to "you are required to comply"?
The word riayet etmeniz is a verbal noun with a possessive suffix attached to it, literally meaning "your complying." The "required" part actually comes from the verb at the very end of the sentence, icap ediyor (it is necessary). So the literal translation of the clause is: "your complying... is necessary."
Is icap etmek commonly used, or could I just use gerekmek?
You can absolutely use gerekmek. İcap etmek means the exact same thing (to be necessary/required) but has a more formal, bureaucratic tone—which makes it a perfect fit for a sentence about safety directives. Just like gerekmek, it requires its subject to be a verbal noun with a possessive suffix, which is why we use etmeniz instead of the infinitive etmek.
What kind of word is harfiyen? That ending doesn't look like a standard Turkish adverb.
Harfiyen means "to the letter" or "strictly" (coming from the root harf, meaning "letter"). The -en ending is an Arabic adverbial suffix. While it isn't used to create new words in modern Turkish, you will see it frozen in several common adverbs like tamamen (completely), şahsen (personally), and kısmen (partially).
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