Questions & Answers about Lavanta pervazda çok güzel kokuyor.
What is the word-by-word breakdown?
- Lavanta = lavender (subject)
- pervaz-da = on the windowsill (pervaz
- locative suffix -DA)
- çok = very
- güzel = nice/beautiful (used adverbially here)
- kokuyor = is smelling/smells (verb root kok- “to smell (emit odor)” + progressive -uyor, 3rd person singular)
Why is it pervazda, not pervazde/pervazta/pervazte?
Locative suffix selection follows two rules:
- Vowel harmony: last vowel in pervaz is back (a), so use -da/-ta (not -de/-te).
- Consonant voicing: final consonant is voiced (z), so choose -da (not -ta). Hence: pervaz + da → pervazda.
What exactly does kokuyor express, and how is it different from kokar?
- kokuyor = present continuous/progressive: a current, specific situation (“is smelling right now/at the moment”).
- kokar = aorist/habitual: a general property or repeated fact (“smells” in general). So choose kokuyor for a present scene; kokar for a general truth.