Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istiyor.

The lawyer wants to move the appointment to tomorrow.

Breakdown of Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istiyor.

• istemek: to want
• yarın: tomorrow
• almak: to take
• randevu: the appointment
• avukat: the lawyer

Questions & Answers about Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istiyor.

What does the ending -yu in bold randevuyu do?

• Bold -yu is the accusative case marker (-(y)ı/-(y)i/-(y)u/-(y)ü) used for a specific/definite direct object.
• Bold randevu ends with a vowel -u, so a buffer bold y appears: bold randevu + y + u → randevuyu.
• The suffix vowel follows vowel harmony; the last vowel of bold randevu is bold u, so you get bold -u.
• With the accusative, you are talking about a particular appointment: “the appointment.” Without it (just bold randevu), it would often read as “an appointment.”

What’s the difference between bold yarın and bold yarına?

• Bold yarın = tomorrow (adverb/noun).
• Bold yarına = to tomorrow (dative case -a/-e), marking a target time.
• In scheduling, verbs like bold almak/ertelemek/kaydırmak take the dative to show the new time: bold randevuyu yarına almak = “move the appointment to tomorrow.”
• “Until tomorrow” is bold yarına kadar; without bold kadar, bold yarına means “to tomorrow,” not “until tomorrow.”

How can bold almak mean “move/reschedule”?

• Beyond “to take,” bold almak is widely used in scheduling to mean “move/shift (something) to a time”:
  • Bold Toplantıyı pazartesiye alalım. = “Let’s move the meeting to Monday.”
  • Bold Dersi öğleden sonraya aldık. = “We moved the class to the afternoon.”
• So bold randevuyu yarına almak is idiomatic: “reschedule the appointment for tomorrow.” It’s neutral about earlier vs later; it simply says “to tomorrow.”

Can I say bold Avukat randevuyu yarın almak istiyor instead of bold yarına?

• No, that changes the meaning. Bold yarın there would modify the act of moving: “He wants to do the moving tomorrow.”
• To express the new date, you need the dative: bold yarına = “to tomorrow.”

Could I use bold ertelemek or bold kaydırmak instead of bold almak? Any nuance?

• Bold yarına ertelemek = “postpone to tomorrow” (implies moving later).
• Bold yarına kaydırmak = “shift to tomorrow” (neutral/colloquial).
• Bold yarına ötelemek = “push off to tomorrow” (informal).
• Bold yarına çekmek / öne almak = “bring forward to tomorrow” (only if earlier than planned).
• Bold yarına almak is the most neutral, everyday choice.

Why is bold almak in the -mak form? Could it be bold alıyor?

• After bold istemek (“to want”), Turkish uses the infinitive bold -mak/-mek: bold … almak istiyor = “wants to move …”
• Bold alıyor would mean “is moving (now),” which doesn’t fit with bold istiyor.

Isn’t bold istiyor “is wanting”? Why not bold ister?

• Bold istiyor is morphologically present progressive (-iyor), but with stative verbs like bold istemek, it corresponds to English simple present: “wants.”
• Bold ister (aorist) expresses general/habitual truth or conditional/optative senses:
  • Bold Avukat randevuyu yarına ister. sounds odd here.
  • Bold İsterse yarına alır. = “If he wants, he’ll move it to tomorrow.”

What exactly does bold yarına’s -a mean here?

• It’s the dative bold -a/-e, used for a direction or target, including time targets.
• Formed by vowel harmony: bold yarın + a → yarına.
• You’ll see the same with other times:
  • Bold haftaya (to next week), bold pazartesiye (to Monday), bold öğleden sonraya (to the afternoon).

Can I change the word order?

• Canonical and safest: bold Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istiyor. (S–O–time–V–V)
• Turkish is flexible, but moving parts changes emphasis. Two common variants:
  • bold Avukat, randevuyu yarına almak istiyor. (comma adds a pause after the subject)
  • bold Randevuyu yarına almak istiyor avukat. (focuses the subject at the end)
• As a beginner, avoid splitting bold randevuyu and bold yarına in odd ways; keep them together before bold almak.

How do I make this negative or ask a question?

• Negative: bold Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istemiyor. = “The lawyer doesn’t want to move the appointment to tomorrow.”
• Yes–no question: bold Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istiyor mu?
  • The question particle bold mi/mı/mü/mu is separate and harmonizes with the preceding vowel: here, bold mu.

Does the sentence imply a specific appointment?

• Yes. The accusative bold randevuyu marks it as definite/specific: “the appointment (we both know about).”
• If it were indefinite, you’d normally omit the suffix: bold Avukat randevu almak istiyor. = “The lawyer wants to get an appointment.” (Note this changes the meaning.)

Is there any gender information in bold avukat?

• No. Bold Avukat is gender-neutral in Turkish. Context or titles can indicate gender if needed:
  • bold Avukat Hanım (female lawyer), bold Avukat Bey (male lawyer).

Any quick pronunciation tips?

• Rough guide: ah-voo-KAHT rahn-deh-VOO-yoo yah-RUH-nah AHL-mahk is-TEE-yor.
• Stress is typically on the last syllable of each word: avuKAT, randevuYU, yarıNA, alMAK, istiYOR.

How would I say it in the past or with other times?

• Past desire: bold Avukat randevuyu yarına almak istedi. = “The lawyer wanted to move the appointment to tomorrow.” (single, completed wanting)
  • Ongoing in the past: bold … istiyordu.
• Different times follow the same pattern:
  • bold Toplantıyı pazartesiye almak istiyor. = “He wants to move the meeting to Monday.”
  • bold Görüşmeyi haftaya almak istiyor. = “He wants to move the interview to next week.”