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Güzel bir tatil size de nasip ola.

Güzel bir tatil size de nasip ola.
May a beautiful holiday be your destiny too.
From Lesson 445:Formal wishes and optative (-(y)A / -(y)AsIn)·Turkish

Questions & Answers about Güzel bir tatil size de nasip ola.

Why use ola instead of the more common olsun?
The word ola uses the 3rd person singular optative suffix -a attached to the verb stem ol. While olsun is much more common in everyday speech to say 'let it be', the optative form ola is still used in fixed expressions, blessings, and well-wishes to give a slightly more poetic or traditional feel.
What is the exact meaning of nasip here?
The noun nasip means 'destiny', 'share', or 'one's lot in life'. It is very often paired with the auxiliary verb olmak to mean 'to be granted by fate' or 'to become one's destiny'. So nasip ola expresses the wish: 'may it be granted by fate'.
Why is it size de rather than sizin de?
The verb phrase nasip olmak requires the dative case for the person receiving the destiny, literally translating as 'may it be destiny TO you'. Therefore, the pronoun siz takes the dative suffix -e to become size. The conjunction de follows it as a separate word.
Is this a standard way to wish someone a good holiday?
Not quite. If someone is leaving for a trip, you would simply say iyi tatiller (good holidays). This sentence is a traditional well-wish you might say to someone who is admiring your holiday photos or hasn't had a break in a long time, expressing a hope that they get to experience one too.

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