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When the meaning ‘without’ is added to a verb there are two options:
1. –mek|siz|in
The derivation suffixes –li and –siz often make oppositions. When added to verbal nouns, though, the old intstrumental case ending –n is added to –siz.
İnsan ağlamaklı oluyor vallahi. ‘One feels like crying.’
Hiçbir akşam ağlamaksızın yatağımda yatamam. ‘I can’t go to sleep any evening and not cry.’
2. –meden
I always thought this is a combination of infinitive marking and dative ending but historically it is not. Lewis says the oldest occurances of this form are the type –meti where the first syllable was probably the negative –me-! With the adding of the instrumental case it became -metin and the end of it was confused with ablative. (It has been mentioned here also http://www.turkishclass.com/forumTitle_51754.)
Ne olur ağlamadan ayrılalım. ‘Please, let’s part without crying.’
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Maybe the misunderstanding of the above structure has made me combine ablative case with negation. Oh, but now I remembered another example:
Allah kimseyi hardaldan etmesin. ‘Allah, don’t leave anyone without mustard.’ (Orhan Veli Kanık)
Edited (3/15/2012) by Abla
Edited (3/15/2012) by Abla
Edited (3/15/2012) by Abla
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