Tren istasyona varıyor.

the station

Breakdown of Tren istasyona varıyor.

• tren: the train
• -a: to
• varmak: to arrive

Questions & Answers about Tren istasyona varıyor.

Why is istasyona using the -a suffix rather than -da or -de?

The suffix -a (or -e) marks the dative case, meaning “to” a place. Verbs like varmak (“to arrive”) require their destination in dative. If you wanted to say “at the station,” you’d use the locative istasyonda.

What does the -yor in varıyor signify?

The -yor suffix indicates the present continuous tense. You take the verb root var- (from varmak) and add -ıyor (with vowel harmony), giving varıyor = “is arriving.”

Why is it varıyor and not variyor?

Turkish has vowel harmony. Because the root var- contains the back vowel a, the continuous suffix uses its back form -ıyor (with ı) rather than the front form -iyor (with i).

Why isn’t there an English-style article (“a” or “the”) before tren?

Turkish doesn’t have definite or indefinite articles like English. You can use bir for “a/an” if you need to be explicit—bir tren = “a train”—but it’s optional. Context does the rest.

Why don’t we need a pronoun like “it” for the train?