Traktör yolda yavaş gidiyor.

to go

Breakdown of Traktör yolda yavaş gidiyor.

• yol: the road
• yavaş: slowly
• -da: on

Questions & Answers about Traktör yolda yavaş gidiyor.

Why is there no article like the or a before traktör?

Turkish lacks indefinite and definite articles. Nouns appear without a, an, or the; definiteness is inferred from context. So traktör can mean either a tractor or the tractor depending on the situation.

Why isn’t traktör marked with a case ending in this sentence?

The subject of a sentence in Turkish is in the nominative case, which is unmarked. Only objects and other noun roles receive suffixes. As the subject, traktör has no suffix.

What does yolda mean and why is the suffix -da used?

-da is the locative case suffix meaning in, on, or at. It attaches to yol (meaning road) to form yolda = on the road.

Why is yolda written as one word rather than two?

Because -da is a case suffix and must attach directly to the noun. You never separate it with a space. Writing yol da would be incorrect here.

Is an adjective or an adverb in this sentence? Why doesn’t it change form?