Ben sabah kahve içiyorum ve poğaça yiyorum.

I am drinking coffee and eating a pastry in the morning.

Breakdown of Ben sabah kahve içiyorum ve poğaça yiyorum.

• içmek: to drink
• ben: I
• yemek: to eat
• ve: and

Questions & Answers about Ben sabah kahve içiyorum ve poğaça yiyorum.

Why is ben included? I thought Turkish often drops subject pronouns.

Yes, Turkish often drops subject pronouns because the verb ending already shows the person.

In içiyorum and yiyorum, the ending -um means I. So the sentence could also be:

Sabah kahve içiyorum ve poğaça yiyorum.

That would still be perfectly natural.

Including ben can add:

• emphasis: I am the one doing it
• contrast: I drink coffee, but someone else does something different
• sometimes just a slightly clearer or more explicit style

So ben is not required here, but it is not wrong.

What does sabah mean here, and why doesn’t it have a suffix?