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Questions & Answers about Basınç artıyor.
Why is there no article like the or a before basınç?
Turkish has no separate words for the or a/an. Nouns stand alone: Basınç simply means pressure. Definiteness is shown by context or by adding case endings to direct objects, but subjects don’t take an article.
What does the suffix -iyor in artıyor indicate?
The -iyor suffix is the present continuous (progressive) tense marker. art- (the root “to increase”) + -ıyor gives artıyor, literally “is increasing” or “is rising.”
How would I form the negative of Basınç artıyor?
Insert the negative marker -m- between the root and the tense suffix.
art- + -m- + -ıyor → artmıyor
So Basınç artmıyor means “Pressure is not rising.”
How can I turn this into a yes/no question?
Add the question particle -mu (with appropriate vowel harmony) after the verb phrase:
Basınç artıyor mu?
That means “Is the pressure rising?”
Why is the verb root art- and not just ar-?
The intransitive verb “to increase” in Turkish is artmak. Its root is art-. You drop -mak to get art-, then add your tense suffix (e.g. -ıyor) to form artıyor.
What’s the difference between artmak and artırmak?
• artmak is intransitive: something increases by itself (“to increase”).
• artırmak is the causative/transitive form: you make something increase (“to increase [something]”).
Are there vowel harmony rules affecting -ıyor?
Yes. -ıyor follows four-way vowel harmony based on the last vowel of the root. Since art- has the back vowel a, you use ı (a back, unrounded vowel) and o (a back, rounded vowel) in -ıyor.
How would you say “The pressure increased” in Turkish, and why is the t doubled?
You’d say Basınç arttı. The root art- ends in t and the past tense suffix is -tı (starting with t). When two identical consonants meet, Turkish writing often doubles them: arttı → arttı, though you’ll also see arttı written as arttı for clarity.