Bekâr arkadaşım yarın sinemaya gidecek.

to go

Breakdown of Bekâr arkadaşım yarın sinemaya gidecek.

• benim: my
• arkadaş: the friend
• yarın: tomorrow

Questions & Answers about Bekâr arkadaşım yarın sinemaya gidecek.

Which parts of the sentence are subject, time, place, and verb?

• Subject: Bekâr arkadaşım (my single friend)
• Time: yarın (tomorrow)
• Place/goal: sinemaya (to the cinema)
• Verb: gidecek (will go)

What does the suffix in arkadaşım mean?

• arkadaş = friend
• -ım = my (1st person singular possessive) So arkadaşım means my friend. The vowel in the suffix matches the last vowel of the noun (vowel harmony), so it’s -ım, not -im/-um/-üm. Compare: arkadaşın (your friend), arkadaşı (his/her friend).

What exactly does bekâr mean? Is it the same as alone?

• bekâr means unmarried/single (marital status).
• It is not the same as alone, which is yalnız. So bekâr arkadaşım means my unmarried/single friend, not my lonely friend.

Why is bekâr sometimes written with a circumflex? Does spelling matter?

The circumflex in bekâr marks a historically long vowel and slight palatalization. You’ll also see it as bekar in everyday writing; the meaning is the same. Using â is more careful/standard but not mandatory.

What does yarın mean and how is it pronounced?