Word
Kuru temizleme bugün kapalı.
Meaning
The dry cleaner is closed today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Kuru temizleme bugün kapalı.
olmak
to be
bugün
today
kapalı
closed
kuru temizleme
the dry cleaner
Questions & Answers about Kuru temizleme bugün kapalı.
Does kuru temizleme mean the cleaning process or the shop?
Literally, kuru temizleme is dry cleaning (the process), but in everyday Turkish it also means the dry cleaner’s (shop). You may also hear kuru temizlemeci for the person or the shopkeeper.
Why is there no word for “is” in the sentence?
Turkish often drops a separate verb for to be in the present. An adjective like kapalı functions as the predicate: Kuru temizleme … kapalı = “The dry cleaner … is closed.” You can add the copular ending -dır for a formal tone: Kuru temizleme bugün kapalıdır.
Why is there no the before kuru temizleme?
Turkish has no definite article. Definiteness is understood from context. Using bir (the equivalent of “a/an”) would change the meaning and sound odd here.
What does bugün do, and can it move around?
bugün means today and is an adverb of time. Word order is flexible for emphasis, so both Kuru temizleme bugün kapalı and Bugün kuru temizleme kapalı are natural; the second puts extra emphasis on “today.”
What exactly does kapalı mean here?