Arkadaşım gelmedi, onsuz da sinemaya gidiyoruz.

My friend didn’t come, we are going to the cinema without him.

Breakdown of Arkadaşım gelmedi, onsuz da sinemaya gidiyoruz.

• gitmek: to go
• benim: my
• arkadaş: the friend
• gelmek: to come

Questions & Answers about Arkadaşım gelmedi, onsuz da sinemaya gidiyoruz.

What does the word onsuz mean and how is it formed?

• onsuz = o (he/she/it) + the suffix -sUz “without,” with the buffer consonant -n-: o + n + suz → onsuz.
• The suffix changes by vowel harmony: -sız/-siz/-suz/-süz. Here, the last vowel of o is back/rounded, so we get -suz.
• Other pronouns: bensiz (without me), sensiz (without you), bizsiz (without us), sizsiz (without you plural/polite), onlarsız (without them).

What is da doing in onsuz da?

• This da/de is the enclitic meaning “also/too/even,” and here it adds the nuance “even/anyway”: onsuz da ≈ “even without him/her.”
• It underscores that you will still go despite the friend’s absence.
• It is written separately (as its own word) and is not the locative case ending.

Is this da the same as the locative case -da/-de?