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Questions & Answers about Parti sona eriyor.
What does Parti mean in this sentence?
Parti directly translates to "party." In Turkish, nouns are used without articles, so Parti functions simply as the subject without any additional word like "the" or "a."
How is the word sona used, and what does it indicate?
Sona comes from the noun son (meaning "end") with the suffix -a, which indicates direction or result (roughly “to the end”). In this case, it forms part of the idiomatic expression sona eriyor, meaning "is coming to an end."
How is the present continuous tense expressed in this sentence with eriyor?
The verb eriyor is the present continuous form derived by adding the -iyor suffix to the verb stem (from the expression sona ermek). This suffix indicates an ongoing or currently progressing action, similar to saying "is ending" in English. Turkish uses this single conjugated form without any auxiliary verbs.
Why isn’t there a subject pronoun like "it" or "the party" explicitly stated in the verb form?
Turkish verb conjugations include information about the subject, so subject pronouns are often omitted when the context makes it clear who or what is acting. Here, Parti is clearly the subject, and the conjugation of eriyor confirms that the action pertains to the third person singular.