Breakdown of Kırılan kirişi geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi, çilemiz devam ediyor.
gibi
like (similar to)
devam etmek
to continue
kırılmak
to get hurt emotionally / to break (intransitive)
yetmek
to suffice, be enough
kiriş
beam / joist
geçiştirmek
to gloss over / to do carelessly
çile
ordeal / suffering
Questions & Answers about Kırılan kirişi geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi, çilemiz devam ediyor.
How does the grammar of geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi work to mean 'as if it weren't enough that he glossed over'?
This is the core structure of our lesson. It starts with geçiştirdiği, which is the verb geçiştirmek plus the -dik participle and the third-person possessive -i (his glossing over). Then, yetmiyormuş is yetmek (to be enough) in the negative (-mi), present continuous (-yor), and narrative past (-muş). Combined with gibi (like/as), it translates literally to 'as if his glossing over is supposedly not being enough'.
Could I use yetmezmiş gibi instead of yetmiyormuş gibi in this sentence?
Yes, absolutely. Both yetmiyormuş gibi (using the continuous -yor) and yetmezmiş gibi (using the aorist -mez) are very common and mean the same thing: 'as if it weren't enough that...' The aorist version is slightly more of a fixed phrase, while the continuous one feels a bit more immediate, but you can swap them freely here.
What exactly does the verb geçiştirmek mean in this context?
Geçiştirmek means to gloss over, brush aside, or deal with something superficially to get it out of the way. Here, it implies the person didn't properly fix the broken beam; they just did the bare minimum to ignore or avoid the problem.
Why does kiriş (beam) take the accusative ending -i (kirişi) if the main verb of the sentence is devam ediyor?
It takes the accusative -i because it is the specific direct object of the verb geçiştirmek. Even though geçiştirmek has been turned into a noun-like participle (geçiştirdiği), it still acts like a verb to the words that come before it, so it assigns the accusative case to kirişi (the beam).
Why use the passive participle kırılan (that was broken) instead of just the adjective kırık (broken)?
Both would make perfect sense. Kırık kirişi would simply describe the state of the beam (the broken beam). Kırılan kirişi uses the passive verb kırılmak (to be broken), which subtly brings more attention to the actual event of it breaking or being damaged, rather than just its current state.
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