Tansiyonum düşük, ben biraz su içiyorum.

My blood pressure is low, I am drinking some water.

Breakdown of Tansiyonum düşük, ben biraz su içiyorum.

• olmak: to be
• su: the water
• içmek: to drink
• ben: I

Questions & Answers about Tansiyonum düşük, ben biraz su içiyorum.

Why is there no word for is in Tansiyonum düşük?

In Turkish, the verb to be is usually not expressed in the 3rd person present tense.

So:

• Tansiyonum düşük = My blood pressure is low
• literally: my-blood-pressure low

This is very normal Turkish. In the present tense, Turkish often just puts the subject and the predicate next to each other.

Compare:

• Hava soğuk. = The weather is cold.
• Ev büyük. = The house is big.

So düşük works as the predicate, and is is simply understood.

What does the -um in tansiyonum mean?

The ending -um means my.

So:

• tansiyon = blood pressure
• tansiyonum = my blood pressure

This is the 1st person singular possessive suffix.

A few similar examples:

• ev = house → evim = my house
• arabam = my car
• suyum = my water

The exact form of the possessive ending changes because of vowel harmony:

• -ım / -im / -um / -üm

Here it becomes -um, so tansiyonum.

Why does düşük come after tansiyonum instead of before it?