Word
Sadece zoraki bir cevap veriyor ve konuya tamamen kayıtsız kalıyor.
Meaning
He is merely giving a forced answer and remaining completely indifferent to the topic.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Sadece zoraki bir cevap veriyor ve konuya tamamen kayıtsız kalıyor.
bir
a / an
ve
and
cevap
answer
kalmak
to stay / to be left / to remain (in a state)
Questions & Answers about Sadece zoraki bir cevap veriyor ve konuya tamamen kayıtsız kalıyor.
How would we apply this lesson's topic, madem (since/seeing that), to this sentence?
You can simply place madem at the beginning of the sentence to set up a logical consequence. For example: Madem sadece zoraki bir cevap veriyor, ona sormayı bırakalım (Since he is merely giving a forced answer, let's stop asking him). Notice that madem doesn't require any special subjunctive or conditional verb endings; it just pairs with standard indicative verbs like veriyor.
Why is the dative case used in konuya?
The adjective kayıtsız (indifferent) and the phrase kayıtsız kalmak (to remain indifferent) require the dative case. Just as in English you are indifferent to something, in Turkish you add the -(y)a / -(y)e suffix to the target of the indifference. Thus, konu (topic) becomes konuya (to the topic).
Doesn't kayıt mean 'record' or 'registration'? How does it mean 'indifferent' here?
Morphologically, kayıt means 'record' and the suffix -sız means 'without.' While kayıtsız literally means 'unregistered' in administrative contexts, in behavioral contexts the phrase kayıtsız kalmak is a highly common idiom meaning 'to remain indifferent,' 'to be unconcerned,' or 'to turn a blind eye.'
How does the word zoraki function here?