- SA………………-SA CONSTRUCTION
Verb stem + sa Repeating Verb stem + sa
This repetitive mood expresses our guesses about other people´s actions, abilities, probable actions.
Example 1 : Imagine two friends sitting at home.
it is late at night and they are expecting no one but suddenly the doorbell rings ;
A. Kim acaba ? ----> I wonder who is that [ ringing the doorbell ]?
B. Olsa olsa Ahmet´tir. -----> It must be Ahmet.
There is a strong guess, The person B is almost sure. It must be Ahmet. It is because may be;
He thinks, The only person who would come at this time of the night is Ahmet. Because, Ahmet is an only person he knows that would do it.
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Example 2 :
Hüseyin has a serious problem and he needs someone´s help to solve this problem.
He´s thınking himself and saying ;
Bu sorunu çözse çözse Ömer çözer.
The only person who can solve this problem is Ömer.
He is sure that only Ömer is capable [able ] to solve this problem.
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Onlar gitse gitse basket maçına gider.
Only match they would go to see is Basketball match.
Here, We are guessing their action [the action they would prefer to do]
we are sure that only game they would go to see is basketball match.
when we use it for past tense.
If we use the same example above;
Onlar gitse gitse basket maçına gitmişlerdir.
They must have gone to the basketball game.
Only place they must have gone is basketball game.
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