Questions & Answers about Yarınki sınav zor olacak.
Yes, yarının sınavı zor olacak uses the genitive (yarının) + possessive (sınavı) construction and also means “tomorrow’s exam will be difficult.”
Difference:
• yarınki sınav is a straightforward adjective form and more idiomatic for time expressions.
• yarının sınavı is grammatically correct but a bit heavier (two case/possessive endings). Both are understood the same.
Turkish predicates need a verb. To express future tense with an adjective, you use olmak (to be) in its future form.
• zor alone is an adjective and cannot stand as the main verb.
• zor olacak = “will be difficult.”
Dropping olacak would make the phrase ungrammatical.
Negative: Insert ma/mé before the tense ending:
• Yarınki sınav zor olmayacak. = “Tomorrow’s exam won’t be difficult.”
Question: Add -mı/-mi after the verb or use intonation:
• Yarınki sınav zor olacak mı? = “Will tomorrow’s exam be difficult?”
Keep yarınki unchanged, then add the locative case -da to sınav:
• Yarınki sınavda daha fazla zamana ihtiyacım olacak.
Here sınavda = “in the exam.”
You can attach -ki to many temporal words to form adjectives:
• bugünkü (“today’s”) – bugünkü haberler
• dünkü (“yesterday’s”) – dünkü toplantı
• geçen haftaki (“last week’s”) – geçen haftaki proje
• gelecek seneki (“next year’s”) – gelecek seneki tatil
Turkish words are typically stressed on the last syllable:
• Yarınkí (ya-rın-Kİ)
• sınáv (sı-NAV)
• zór (ZOR)
• olacák (o-la-CAK)
In a full sentence, the main intonational stress often lands on the last word (olacak).