Hava soğuk olsa da parkta yürüyorum.

cold

Breakdown of Hava soğuk olsa da parkta yürüyorum.

• park: the park
• hava: the weather
• yürümek: to walk

Questions & Answers about Hava soğuk olsa da parkta yürüyorum.

What does soğuk olsa da mean in English and how is it structured?

soğuk olsa da translates as “even though it’s cold.” Structurally it consists of:

• soğuk (cold)
• ol- (to be) + -sa (conditional suffix) → olsa (“if it were”)
• -da (concessive conjunction, “even though/although”)
  Putting them together gives a concessive clause: “although it were cold.”

Is the -da in olsa da the same as the -da that means “also/too”?

No. Turkish has two homophonous -da/-de suffixes:

1. Locative (e.g. evde = “at home”) or “also” (e.g. ben de = “me too”)
2. Concessive (as in olsa da = “even though”)
   In olsa da, -da is the concessive conjunction, not the “also/too” particle.

How is parkta formed, and what does it mean?

parkta is park (park) + -ta, the locative case suffix, meaning “in the park.” The locative in Turkish is -da/-de (voicing harmony gives -ta here because park ends in a voiceless consonant).

What tense/aspect is yürüyorum, and how do you translate it?