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Questions & Answers about Pirinç pişiriyorum.
Why isn’t there a subject pronoun in Pirinç pişiriyorum?
In Turkish you normally drop the pronoun because the verb ending already tells you who is doing the action. In pişiriyorum the -um ending means “I,” so you don’t need to say ben (“I”) separately.
How do you form the present continuous tense in Turkish?
You take the verb root, add the progressive suffix -iyor (with vowel-harmonic variations in some verbs), and then attach the personal ending that indicates the subject. The pattern is:
• root + -iyor + personal ending
Can you break down pişiriyorum into its components?
Yes. pişiriyorum =
• pişir- (verb root “to cook [something]”)
• -iyor (present continuous marker “am/is/are …ing”)
• -um (first person singular ending “I”)
Why isn’t pirinç marked with an accusative suffix?
Turkish only marks a direct object with -i (or its variants) when it’s definite or specific. Here pirinç (“rice” in general) is indefinite, so it remains unmarked.
When would you mark the direct object with -i?