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Questions & Answers about Ambargo devam ediyor.
Why is there no article equivalent to the or a before ambargo?
Turkish does not use articles like the, a, or an. Nouns stand alone, and definiteness is understood from context. So Ambargo devam ediyor can mean The embargo continues without adding any extra word.
Why isn’t ambargo marked with any case ending?
Here ambargo is the subject of the sentence and remains in the default nominative case, which takes no suffix. Only objects, locations, or possessive constructions would require case endings.
What’s going on with devam ediyor—is that one verb or two words?
It’s a compound verb: devam is a noun meaning continuation, and etmek is a light verb meaning to do. Together, devam etmek means to continue. In the present continuous tense: devam + ediyor (the conjugated form of etmek) = devam ediyor.
Why does etmek become ediyor and not etiyor when adding -iyor?