Questions & Answers about Sonraki otobüs yakında gelecek.
How is sonraki formed, and what does the suffix -ki do?
sonraki breaks down into two parts:
• sonra – a noun meaning after or later
• -ki – a relational adjective suffix meaning the one related to…
When you combine them, sonraki literally means the one that comes after, i.e. next.
Why isn’t there a word for the in Sonraki otobüs yakında gelecek?
What part of speech is yakında, and how is it formed?
What tense and person is gelecek, and why don’t we see a separate subject pronoun?
gelecek is the future tense, third‐person singular form of gel- (to come). It’s formed as follows:
• gel- (root)
• -ecek (future suffix)
• zero ending for 3rd sg. (no extra suffix)
Turkish drops subject pronouns when the person is clear from the verb ending—so we don’t need o (he/she/it).
The usual word order in Turkish is S-O-V. Why is yakında placed before the verb here?
How would you turn this into a question meaning “When will the next bus come?”
Insert the question phrase ne zaman (when) before the verb:
Sonraki otobüs ne zaman gelecek?
That literally reads Next bus when will come?
Can you add bir to say bir sonraki otobüs, and what difference would it make?
How do you pronounce otobüs, especially the ü?
otobüs = [o-to-bys]
• o as in thought
• to as in tote
• büs with ü like the German ü (front, rounded): lips forward, tongue high and front, similar to the u in French lune.
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