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Questions & Answers about Kriz devam ediyor.
Why is there no article equivalent to the or a in Kriz devam ediyor?
Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles. Nouns appear in bare form, and context tells you whether they’re specific or general. So kriz can mean “the crisis” or “a crisis,” depending on surrounding information.
What case is kriz in?
Kriz is in the nominative (zero) case because it’s the subject of the sentence. In Turkish, subjects aren’t marked with a special suffix.
How do you form devam ediyor? I know devam is a noun.
Devam is a noun meaning “continuation.” To say “to continue,” Turkish uses the light verb etmek (“to do”). You combine:
• devam (noun) + et- (verb root) + -iyor (progressive suffix) → devam ediyor.
Since it’s 3rd person, there is no extra personal ending.
Why is the progressive suffix attached to etmek and not devam?
Only verbs take tense/aspect suffixes like -yor. Because devam is a noun, you attach -iyor to the verb etmek, which becomes ediyor after vowel harmony.
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