Otopark doluysa, biz sokakta yer arıyoruz.

to be

Breakdown of Otopark doluysa, biz sokakta yer arıyoruz.

• biz: we
• sokak: the street
• aramak: to look for

Questions & Answers about Otopark doluysa, biz sokakta yer arıyoruz.

What is the function of doluysa in this sentence?

Doluysa is dolu (full) + -y- (buffer consonant) + -sa (conditional suffix).

So otopark doluysa literally means “if the parking lot is full” or “when the parking lot is full”.
The -sa / -se ending is how Turkish forms many if-clauses directly on adjectives, verbs, or nouns, without using a separate word like “if”.

Why is it doluysa and not doluyorsa?

Because:

• doluysa = dolu (full) + -sa (if) → if it is full
• doluyorsa would be dolu
  • yor (progressive) + -sa (if) → something like “if it is becoming full / if it is in the process of getting full”, which is not what is meant here.

In this sentence, we are talking about the state of the parking lot (full or not), not the ongoing process of filling up, so the simple doluysa is correct.

What is the -y- in doluysa?