Questions & Answers about Metro istasyona yaklaşıyor.
Why does istasyon become istasyona in this sentence?
The suffix -a on istasyona marks the dative case, which often indicates direction or “toward” something. Here it shows that the metro is moving toward the station. Because istasyon ends in the back vowel o, vowel harmony dictates the dative ending be -a (not -e).
What tense is yaklaşıyor, and how is it formed?
yaklaşıyor is the present continuous (progressive) form of yaklaşmak (“to approach”). It breaks down as:
• root: yaklaş- (“approach”)
• continuous suffix: -yor (with vowel harmony, it appears as -ıyor)
• third-person singular ending: Ø (no extra suffix)
Together: yaklaş-ı-yor + Ø → yaklaşıyor (“he/she/it is approaching”).
Why is there no article like the or a before metro?
Turkish doesn’t use articles. Definiteness or indefiniteness often comes from context, word order, or case endings but there’s no direct equivalent of a/the.
Why is the verb placed at the end of the sentence?
Turkish is typically a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language. You put the verb last, after any objects or adverbials.