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Questions & Answers about Gezgin dağda geziyor.
What is gezgin?
gezgin is a noun meaning traveler or wanderer. It comes from the verb gezmek (“to travel, wander”) plus the agentive suffix -gin, which turns the action into “one who travels.”
Why is there no article before gezgin (like “a” or “the”)?
Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles equivalent to a or the. A bare noun can be indefinite or definite based on context. If you really want “a traveler,” you can add bir: bir gezgin.
What case is dağda, and what does the suffix -da mean?
dağda is in the locative case, marked by -da (in/on). It indicates location: “on the mountain.”
Why is it dağda and not dağde?
Turkish vowel harmony requires the locative suffix to match the backness of the last vowel in the noun. dağ has a back vowel a, so we use the back-vowel form -da rather than -de.
What tense and aspect is geziyor?
geziyor is the present continuous tense (“is ...-ing”). The root is gez- and the continuous aspect suffix is -iyor, giving “is wandering/traveling.”
Why is it geziyor with -iyor instead of just gez-yor?
Turkish inserts a buffer vowel i before -yor when the verb root ends in a consonant (here z). So gez- + -yor → geziyor for ease of pronunciation and to respect vowel harmony.
What is the typical word order in Turkish, as shown in this sentence?
Turkish follows Subject–Object–Verb (SOV) order. In Gezgin dağda geziyor:
Subject = Gezgin
Adverbial/locative = dağda
Verb = geziyor
How would you say “Travelers are wandering in the mountains”?
You pluralize both the subject and the locative and can optionally pluralize the verb:
Gezginler dağlarda geziyorlar.
– Gezginler = “travelers” (plural)
– dağlarda = “in the mountains” (locative plural)
– geziyorlar = “they are wandering” (3rd person plural)
Alternatively, you can drop -lar on the verb (since the subject is explicit): Gezginler dağlarda geziyor.