Breakdown of Mimar kirişi kontrol etmeliydi; sorunu geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi erken ayrıldı.
erken
early
kontrol etmek
to check
gibi
like (similar to)
ayrılmak
to leave (depart, separate)
mimar
architect
sorun
problem
yetmek
to suffice, be enough
kiriş
beam / joist
geçiştirmek
to gloss over / to do carelessly
Questions & Answers about Mimar kirişi kontrol etmeliydi; sorunu geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi erken ayrıldı.
How does the grammar in geçiştirdiği yetmiyormuş gibi work to mean 'as if it weren't enough that he glossed over'?
This is the core structure for compounded grievance. You take the action that caused the first problem and turn it into a noun clause using the -dik suffix plus a possessive ending. Here, geçiştir- gets -diği (his glossing over). Then you simply add yetmiyormuş gibi (as if it were not enough) to introduce the second bad thing he did.
Why do we use the -muş ending in yetmiyormuş?
In this pattern, the -miş / -muş suffix functions similarly to the English subjunctive mood. It gives the phrase that 'as if' feeling. Literally, it means 'as if it is supposedly not enough,' which perfectly captures your frustration or disbelief at the architect's double failure. You will also often see this pattern as yetmezmiş gibi using the aorist tense.
Can you break down the suffixes in kontrol etmeliydi to explain how it means 'should have checked'?
It combines kontrol et- (to check) with the necessity suffix -meli (must/should) and the past tense suffix -di, joined by the buffer letter -y-. Whenever you combine -meli and -di, it creates an unfulfilled past obligation, meaning someone 'should have' done something but did not.
The word geçiştirdiği comes from the root verb geçmek (to pass). How does it end up meaning 'glossed over'?
It uses a double causative-like structure to change the meaning. From geçmek (to pass), we get geçiştirmek, which figuratively means to get through a situation with minimal effort, to brush something aside, or to gloss over an issue rather than dealing with it properly.
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