Roket kalkıyor.

the rocket

Breakdown of Roket kalkıyor.

• kalkmak: to take off

Questions & Answers about Roket kalkıyor.

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

Turkish does not have articles like the or a. A bare noun can be indefinite or definite by context. If you want a rocket, say bir roket; for that rocket, say o roket.

What case is roket in? Why is there no suffix?

It’s in the nominative case (the subject), which is unmarked. Turkish uses suffixes for other cases—like accusative -ı/-i, dative -e, genitive -in—but the subject remains bare.

How do you form the present continuous kalkıyor from the infinitive kalkmak?

1. Drop the infinitive suffix -mak from kalkmak, leaving the stem kalk.
2. Add the present continuous marker -(i)yor (vowel‐harmonized).
3. Attach the 3rd-person singular ending (Ø).
   Result: kalk
   • ıyor
     • Ø = kalkıyor.

Why is the suffix -iyor written as -ıyor here?