287: Loving is too hard

Sevmek çok zormuş.
= Loving is too hard; it is too hard to love.

Sevmemek çok zor.
= Not loving is too hard; it is too hard not to love.

Sevilmemek çok zor.
= Not being loved is too hard; it is too hard not to be loved. 

Song Title: Dilenci 

Singer: Orhan Gencebay

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Vocabulary:

sevmek [infinitive verb= to love] 

çok [=too; very]

zor [=hard; difficult]

zormuş [=literally: they say it is hard]. The ending "muş" added to the adjective "zor" gives the meaning of "apparently; supposedly; reportedly; they say; it's said". People use this form to distance themselves in some way from what they are saying, more specifically to report what someone else said. 

E.g.: Otel güzelmiş [=They say the hotel is/was nice].

Sevmemek [infinitive verb= not to love; not loving]

Sevilmemek [infinitive verb (passive)= not to be loved]

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Ağlamak çok zor.
= Crying is too hard; it is too hard to cry. 

Ağlamamak çok zor.
= Not to cry is too hard; it is too hard not to cry.

Ağlayamamak çok zor.
= Not being able to cry is too hard; it is too hard not to be able to cry. 

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Beklemek zormuş.
= Waiting is hard; it is hard to wait.

Beklememek çok zor.
= Not waiting is too hard; it is hard not to wait. 

Bekletilmek çok zor.
= It is too hard to be kept waiting.