A Special Case
How to say - To pretend not to...
The use of the Negative of the Heavy Infinitive in the ablative case followed by the verb - gelmek - means - to pretend not to...
This pretend not to.. form is a reduplicated negative ie: bakmazlık - becomes bakMAmazlık meaning - to not NOT to see...
It is mentioned here because in this form it is daily use.
Bana bakmamazlıktan geldi - He pretended not to look at me
Onu görmemezlikten geliyorsunuz - You are pretending not to see it
Ayşe hanımı görmemezlikten gelir misiniz? - Are you pretending not to like Miss Ayşe?
This construction is a special locution and only used with - gelmek - as an auxiliary verb. But it is used widely to mean - To pretend not to...
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