Bugün ne rüzgar esiyor ne de yağmur yağıyor.

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Breakdown of Bugün ne rüzgar esiyor ne de yağmur yağıyor.

• rüzgar: the wind
• esmek: to blow
• yağmur: the rain

Questions & Answers about Bugün ne rüzgar esiyor ne de yağmur yağıyor.

What does the pattern ne … ne de … mean, and how is it working here?

It’s the Turkish equivalent of English neither … nor …. It negates both items/clauses that it links. In the sentence, it links two clauses:

• ne rüzgar esiyor = neither the wind is blowing
• ne de yağmur yağıyor = nor is it raining

Important: with ne … ne (de) you typically keep the verbs in their affirmative form; the negation is carried by the correlative itself.

Do I add the negative suffix (-ma/-me) to the verbs with ne … ne (de)?

No. You say ne esiyor ne de yağıyor, not ne esmiyor ne de yağmıyor. The construction itself provides the negation; adding the negative suffix would sound awkward or change the meaning.

Do I have to use de after the second ne? And is it ever da?

• Using de after the second ne is standard and recommended: ne … ne de ….
• You will hear and see ne … ne … without de, and it’s not wrong, but ne de reads more natural and balanced.
• In this fixed expression, it’s written as de (not da) in modern standard usage.
• This de is the conjunction “also/too” used to build “nor” here; it is a separate word (not a suffix) and doesn’t take an apostrophe.

Could I just say “Today the wind isn’t blowing and it isn’t raining,” i.e., Bugün rüzgar esmiyor ve yağmur yağmıyor?