Questions & Answers about Telefonum yavaşça şarj oluyor.
What is the literal breakdown of Telefonum yavaşça şarj oluyor?
• Telefon-: “telephone/phone”
• -um: my (1st person singular possessive suffix) → telefonum = “my phone”
• yavaşça: “slowly” (adverb)
• şarj: “charge” (loanword from English)
• oluyor: “is happening/becoming” (3rd person singular present continuous of olmak “to be”)
Putting it together: “My phone is charging slowly.”
Why use yavaşça instead of just yavaş?
Both yavaş and yavaşça can function as adverbs meaning “slowly,” but:
- yavaş is primarily an adjective (“slow”) that you can also use adverbially.
- yavaşça is a more unambiguously adverbial form (“in a slow manner”), often sounding slightly more formal or nuanced.
What role does the -yor in oluyor play?
The suffix -yor marks the present continuous (progressive) aspect in Turkish.
• olmak = “to be” / “to become”
• oluyor = “is being” or “is becoming” → here “is charging”
Why do we say şarj oluyor instead of şarj ediyor or şarj ediliyor?