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Questions & Answers about Isı artıyor.
What does ısı mean, and what part of speech is it?
Isı is a noun meaning “heat” or “temperature.” It refers to the thermal energy or the measure of how hot something is.
What is the base form of artıyor, and how do we build this progressive (continuous) tense in Turkish?
The base (infinitive) is artmak (“to increase”). To form the present progressive you:
- Drop -mak → stem art-
- Add the progressive suffix -(I)yor (where I changes by vowel harmony)
- Attach the third-person singular ending (which is zero)
So art- + -ıyor = artıyor (“is increasing”).
Why is the suffix -ıyor and not -iyor, and why doesn’t art- need a buffer consonant?
The general progressive suffix is -(I)yor, where I follows Turkish vowel harmony. Since art- has the vowel a (a back unrounded), the suffix vowel becomes ı (also back unrounded), yielding -ıyor. No buffer consonant is needed because art- ends in a consonant; when a verb stem ends in a vowel, Turkish inserts y (e.g. gele → geliyor).
What tense/aspect does artıyor express versus the simple present?
Artıyor is the present continuous (progressive) tense—it describes an action happening right now (“is increasing”). The simple present (aorist) uses -r (e.g. artar) and often indicates habitual actions or general truths.
Why isn’t there an article like “the” or “a” before ısı, as in English?
Turkish has no definite or indefinite articles. Nouns stand alone, and specificity comes from context or case endings (e.g. accusative). Here ısı functions as “(the) temperature,” understood without a word-for-word article.
Why is ısı placed before artıyor? Is Turkish word order fixed?
Turkish is typically subject-object-verb (SOV). Here ısı is the subject and appears before the verb artıyor. While word order can shift for emphasis, the verb almost always remains at the end.
Can you drop ısı and simply say artıyor? Would that be correct?
Yes. If the context makes clear what is increasing, you can omit the subject: Artıyor means “(It) is increasing.” It’s grammatically correct but more ambiguous without ısı.
What’s the difference between ısı and sıcaklık in Turkish?
Both relate to heat/temperature. Isı is a broader term for heat energy. Sıcaklık specifically means “temperature” as measured (e.g. degrees on a thermometer). In everyday weather talk sıcaklık is more common; ısı sounds slightly more technical or abstract.
How do you pronounce ısı artıyor, and where is the stress?
Phonetically: [ɯˈsɯ arˈtɯj.or]. Each word has its own final-syllable stress—ısı (ı-SI) and artıyor (ar-tı-YOR). Consonants remain unchanged, and the vowels follow standard Turkish vowel harmony.