Breakdown of Patika yağmur yağınca kaygan oluyor.
olmak
to be
yağmur
the rain
yağmak
to rain
kaygan
slippery
Questions & Answers about Patika yağmur yağınca kaygan oluyor.
What does patika mean, and why is there no article like the or a before it?
patika means trail or path. Turkish has no articles like a or the. Definiteness or indefiniteness is understood from context. If you want to say “a trail” explicitly, you add bir, e.g. bir patika.
How does yağmur yağınca mean “when it rains”? Where is the word “when” in Turkish?
Turkish uses the suffix -(y)ınca (also -ince, -unca, -ünce by vowel harmony) to express when, once, or as soon as. You attach it directly to the verb stem. Here:
• yağmur (rain)
• yağ- (to fall/rain)
• -ınca (when/once)
→ yağmur yağınca = “when it rains.”
Could I use yağmur yağdığında instead of yağmur yağınca?
Yes. yağmur yağdığında is formed from the past-tense stem yağdı- plus the time clause suffix -ğında (“when the rain has fallen”). It also means “when it rains,” though it’s a bit more formal or emphatic than the shorter -ınca form.
Why is oluyor used after kaygan, and what does kaygan oluyor mean?