Merhaba ,

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Orada yemeklerini yerken, “Keşke Veysel de burada olsaydı.” demeden edemediler.

My try : When they were eating there, they could not help themselves to say "If only Veysel was here too".

I don´t know how to translate "demeden edemediler" what does -den etmek mean ?

İçinden, “İzimi sürmüş olmalı!” diye geçirdi.

He thought : "He must be chasing me". 

What does "-miş olmak" mean ?

Teşekkür ederim,

Matt 

My thoughts while you wait for a native speaker to answer

the ´meden/madan´ suffix after a verb stem gives the meaning of

´without ....ing´

de + meden = demeden = without saying

etmek = to do (something) 

edemediler = they couldn´t do

So my attempt at the literal translation

Whilst they were eating there, they couldn´t do without saying "if only Veysel was here too!"

It is usually used in the negative form.

-den edememek/duramamak=can´t help doing, can´t do without doing sth.

Düşünmeden edemiyorum.

Seni görmeden duramıyorum.

Gezmeden edemiyorum.

Durmak can be used in the positive form sometimes, in a sentence like:

İnsanlar yemek yemeden 3 gün durabilir. (or yaşayabilir, yapabilir, in the sense of enduring sth)

etc.

These two structures are pretty much interchangeable.

İzimi sürmüş olmalı= S/he must have chased me.

Here´s a good reference because there are few uses of miş

http://blog.demturkishcenter.com/how-to-use-the-mis-suffix-in-turkish/

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