Şehir parkını iyileştiriyorum.

the park

Breakdown of Şehir parkını iyileştiriyorum.

• şehir: the city
• iyileştirmek: to improve

Questions & Answers about Şehir parkını iyileştiriyorum.

Why does parkını end with -ı?

That -ı is the accusative case marker, showing şehir parkı is a definite/direct object (“the city park”). Turkish marks definite objects with -ı/-i/-u/-ü (chosen by vowel harmony). Since park has a (a back vowel), the accusative form is park-ı (plus a buffer, see next question).

What’s the extra -n- doing in parkını?

When a word ends in a vowel and you attach a suffix starting with a vowel, Turkish inserts a buffer consonant to avoid a vowel clash. Here parkı ends with ı, so to add the accusative -ı again we insert n: parkı + n + ı = parkını.

Can you break down iyileştiriyorum into its parts?

Sure. iyileştiriyorum =
1) iyileştir- (verb stem “improve”/“make better”)
2) -iyor- (present continuous tense, “is/am/are …-ing”)
3) -um (1st person singular suffix “I”)
Putting them together gives “I am improving.”

Why isn’t the verb iyileşiyorum instead?