Breakdown of Gelecek umutla hayal edilir.
gelecek
the future
-la
with
umut
the hope
hayal edilmek
to be imagined
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Questions & Answers about Gelecek umutla hayal edilir.
What part of speech is Gelecek in this sentence? It looks like a verb in future tense!
Actually, gelecek here is not a verb but the noun future. It functions as the subject meaning the future, not as the future-tense form of gelmek.
Why doesn’t gelecek take an accusative -i ending? It seems like an object!
Because the sentence is in the passive voice: the object of the active statement becomes the subject and is unmarked in the nominative. So gelecek remains without -i.
What does umutla mean? Is it two words?
umutla is umut (hope) + instrumental suffix -la, meaning with hope. It’s written as one word in Turkish.
How is the passive hayal edilir formed?
Start with hayal etmek (to imagine): hayal (dream) + et (do). Drop -mek, add passive marker -il, then aorist suffix -ir:
hayal + et + il + ir → hayal edilir.
What nuance does the aorist -ir in edilir add?
The aorist (geniş zaman) expresses general truths or habitual actions. Here it means “is imagined” in a timeless, universal sense rather than something happening right now.
Could we use a continuous tense instead of edilir?
Yes. Gelecek umutla hayal ediliyor means “is being imagined right now.” The suffix -iliyor indicates the present continuous.
Why isn’t there a subject like people or we?
Turkish often uses the impersonal passive to talk about general situations without specifying who performs the action. The agent is simply omitted.
How would you say this in an active voice with people as the subject?
You could say İnsanlar geleceği umutla hayal eder.
If you mean “we,” use Biz geleceği umutla hayal ederiz.
Is there any flexibility in word order here?
Turkish word order is relatively flexible. You could say Umutla gelecek hayal edilir for emphasis, but Gelecek umutla hayal edilir is the neutral Subject–Instrumental–Verb sequence.
Can we replace -la with ile?
Yes. Umut ile gelecek hayal edilir is equally correct; -ile is simply a longer form of the instrumental case.