Bugün rüzgar hafif, bu yüzden parkta rahatça yürüyorum.

to be

Breakdown of Bugün rüzgar hafif, bu yüzden parkta rahatça yürüyorum.

• bugün: today
• park: the park
• bu yüzden: so

Questions & Answers about Bugün rüzgar hafif, bu yüzden parkta rahatça yürüyorum.

Why is there no verb in Bugün rüzgar hafif? Shouldn’t it mean The wind is light today with a word for is?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often not expressed in the present tense when one noun, adjective, or descriptive word is equated with another.

So:

• Rüzgar hafif = The wind is light
• literally: wind light

This is very normal in Turkish. The idea of is is understood automatically.

If you wanted to say it in another tense, Turkish would show that more explicitly:

• Rüzgar hafifti = The wind was light
• Rüzgar hafif olacak = The wind will be light

So in the present, no separate word for is is needed here.

Why is it rüzgar hafif and not hafif rüzgar?

These mean different things.

• hafif rüzgar = a light wind
  This is a noun phrase: the adjective directly modifies the noun.
• rüzgar hafif = the wind is light
  This is a full statement.

In your sentence, the speaker is making a statement about the wind, not just naming a type of wind. That is why rüzgar hafif is used.

What exactly does hafif mean here?