Breakdown of Bozukluktan başka hiçbir şeyim yok, bankamatiğe gitmişken biraz para çekelim.
yok
there is not / non-existent
gitmek
to go
biraz
a little
şey
thing
Questions & Answers about Bozukluktan başka hiçbir şeyim yok, bankamatiğe gitmişken biraz para çekelim.
How does gitmişken create the meaning of "since we have gone"?
The suffix -(y)ken typically means "while." When you attach it to the -miş past tense, it creates an "opportunistic" meaning: "while we are already in the state of having done this." Here, gitmişken translates to "since we have already gone to the ATM, let's take advantage of it."
Why is the ablative case used in bozukluktan başka?
The postposition başka, when used to mean "other than," "except," or "besides," always dictates that the preceding noun must take the ablative case (-dan/-den). Therefore, bozukluk (loose change) must become bozukluktan.
Why does şey take the possessive suffix -im in hiçbir şeyim yok?
To express "I have [X]" or "I don't have [X]" in Turkish, you literally say "My [X] exists/doesn't exist." Because the speaker is saying "I have nothing else," they must literally say "My nothing else doesn't exist." This puts the first-person possessive -im onto şey.
Isn't hiçbir şeyim yok a double negative?