Yarın sabah göl kenarında balık tutacağım.

tomorrow

Breakdown of Yarın sabah göl kenarında balık tutacağım.

• sabah: morning
• balık tutmak: to fish
• göl kenarında: by the lake

Questions & Answers about Yarın sabah göl kenarında balık tutacağım.

What does Yarın sabah mean?

Yarın means “tomorrow” and sabah means “morning.” Together yarın sabah is “tomorrow morning.”

Why is there no English-style article (“a” or “the”) in this sentence?

Turkish does not have separate articles like “a” or “the.” Indefiniteness or definiteness is often shown by case endings (e.g. the accusative -ı for definite objects). Without an article, balık simply means “fish” or “some fish.”

Why is the subject pronoun “I” missing?

Turkish is a pro-drop language: the subject pronoun is usually omitted because the verb ending tells you who is doing the action. In tutacağım, the -acağım marks 1st person singular (“I will…”).

What is the typical word order in Turkish, and how does this sentence follow it?

The basic order is Subject-Object-Verb (SOV). Adverbials of time and place come before the verb as well. Here we essentially have:

1. Time: yarın sabah
2. Place: göl kenarında
3. Object: balık
4. Verb: tutacağım

What does göl kenarında mean, and how is it constructed?