Questions & Answers about Ben her sabah parkta dolaşıyorum.
Why does the sentence begin with Ben? Isn't the subject obvious?
In Turkish, subject pronouns like Ben (I) are optional because the verb ending (-yorum) already shows you're talking about yourself. You can drop Ben unless you want to add emphasis:
Her sabah parkta dolaşıyorum still means “I walk in the park every morning.”
What does her sabah mean? Why isn't there a plural marker like -lar?
her sabah literally means “every morning.” It uses the singular form to refer to each individual morning. Alternatively, you could say sabahları (“mornings in general”), but her sabah focuses on “each morning.”
Why is parkta used here? What does the -ta suffix do?
The suffix -ta/-te marks the locative case (answering “where?”). So parkta means “in the park.”
• -ta is chosen because of vowel harmony (back vowel a in park)
• We use t (not d) because k in park is voiceless.
What’s the difference between parkta dolaşıyorum and parkı dolaşıyorum?
• parkta dolaşıyorum: “I am strolling around inside the park.” (park in the locative case)
• parkı dolaşıyorum: “I am walking all around the park (its boundary).” (park in the accusative case as a direct object, implying you go around its perimeter)