Breakdown of Şu ıvır zıvırı gelişigüzel bırakıyorsun çünkü çok tembelsin.
şu
that (pointed out)
çok
very
bırakmak
to leave (something somewhere), to drop off / to release, to let go of / to quit / to stop (doing something)
tembel
lazy
Questions & Answers about Şu ıvır zıvırı gelişigüzel bırakıyorsun çünkü çok tembelsin.
Since the current lesson is about adding 'm-' to nouns to mean 'and stuff', why isn't this phrase 'ıvır mıvır'?
While you can creatively add 'm-' to almost any noun (like kitap mitap for 'books and stuff'), ıvır zıvır is a fixed, traditional reduplication meaning 'odds and ends' or 'junk'. Furthermore, unlike 'm-' reduplications where the first word is a real noun, neither ıvır nor zıvır has any meaning on its own.
Why does zıvır take the -ı suffix to become zıvırı?
The phrase ıvır zıvır acts as a single noun phrase. Because it is the specific direct object of the verb bırakıyorsun (made specific by the demonstrative şu), it requires the accusative case. When a Turkish reduplicated pair takes a case ending, you generally only attach it to the second word, resulting in ıvır zıvırı.
The word gelişigüzel translates to 'haphazardly'. How is this compound word formed?
It is built from gelişi (its coming or arriving) and güzel (good or fine). The literal underlying logic is 'however it comes out is fine', which perfectly describes doing something carelessly, randomly, or haphazardly without planning.
If leaving things around is a general lazy habit, why use the present continuous bırakıyorsun instead of the aorist bırakırsın?