hey, is there a feast here ???

I thought I explained it. Well; let me explain one more time for you.

When you say "Ahmet sınavı geçebilirdi ama çalışmadı", a Turkish-native speaker understands it as;

Ahmet was actually able to pass the exam; but he couldn´t because he didn´t study:

Ahmet aslında sınavı geçebilecek durumdaydı; ama geçemedi çünkü çalışmadı.

We call "yapıda olumlu, anlamda olumsuz cümleler" like these structures. That means: sentences that are positive with structure, negative with meaning".

You got it now? I tried to explain about the meaning.

Ahmet sınavı geçemedi çünkü çalışmadı: Ahmet couldn´t have passed the exam because he didn´t study.

Ahmet sınavı geçebilirdi ama çalışmadı: Ahmet was able to pass the exam, but he didn´t study, so he couldn´t pass it.

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turkishcobra//

Do you think that Turkish is not complicated?

Because Turkish grammar is a bit "over-complicated"

Başına gelmek: To experience something

Aklına gelmek: A memory comes to mind.

Başıma neler geldi, bilemezsin: I have experienced a lot of events, you can´t even guess.

O aklıma geldi birden: I suddenly remembered her.

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turkishcobra //

Actually the important point in here is "-di" suffix, which use for simple past tense.

Ahmet sınavı geçebilir: Ahmet can pass the exam.

This is present tense ability sentence. And then we add "-di" to express that this situation (Ahmet can pass the exam) remained in PAST (we tell this by adding past tens nearby the geçebilir sentence.) Because Ahmet joint the exam and possibility has ended.

Possibility of passing exam of Ahmet remained in PAST.

geçebilir: he can pass

geçebilirdi: he was able to pass but he couldn´t have been.

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turkishcobra //

Ahmet sınavı geçebilirdi ama çalışmadı.

Your translation for this sentence is correct; it is a positive sentence. But in meaning, this sentence is NEGATIVE.

Ahmet sınavı geçebilirdi ama çalışmadı = Ahmet sınavı geçemedi çünkü çalışmadı.

That means, Ahmet couldn´t have passed the exam because he didn´t study (enough).

I wrote the English translation of sentence which is in the right side of equality.

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turkishcobra //

English translation:

Actually it may be because there is a possibility in this point; I mean sentence is trying to express than there was possibility for Ahmet to pass the exam if he would have been studied.

But because of the meaning of sentence is based on "ability" "can/could" is better to use; for an exact meaning.

As a matter of fact I have never understood that "may/might" structure that´s why I can´t give information.

Aslında olabilir çünkü burada biraz da olasılıktan bahsetmiş; yani Ahmet´in çalışması durumunda sınavı geçme olasılığının var olduğunu anlatmaya çalışmış.

Ama cümlenin genel ağırlığı yapılabilirlik üzerine olduğundan "can/could" kullanılması daha iyi olur; anlamın kesinleşmesi bakımından =)

Zaten şu may/might yapısını oldum olası anlamamışımdır o yüzden çok da fazla bir şey söyleYEmeyeceğim   

Eniser, brother, Turkish is a very different language. In daily life, we speak it automaticly and we don´t realize but when we try to teach it someone other we see that it is very different than we suppose =)

And we see that it is a very complicated language actually.

I wish you good luck. If you need any help, ask it without any hesitation.

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turkishcobra //