Breakdown of Arkadaşım bana hâlâ küs, çünkü geç geldim.
olmak
to be
benim
my
arkadaş
the friend
çünkü
because
Questions & Answers about Arkadaşım bana hâlâ küs, çünkü geç geldim.
Why is arkadaşım translated as my friend? What does the -ım do?
Arkadaşım is made of:
- arkadaş = friend
- -ım = my
So arkadaşım literally means my friend.
This is a very common Turkish pattern:
- ev = house
evim = my house
- kitap = book
kitabım = my book
- arkadaş = friend
- arkadaşım = my friend
The ending changes shape because of vowel harmony, so you will also see forms like -im, -um, -üm.
Why is it bana and not ben?
Because bana is the dative form of ben.
- ben = I
- bana = to me
In this sentence, küs works with the person you are upset with in the dative:
- birine küs olmak = to be upset with someone / to be sulking at someone
So:
- Arkadaşım bana küs = My friend is upset with me
This is something learners often just have to memorize: küs takes -e / -a on the person.
Other examples:
- Ben sana küsüm. = I’m upset with you.
- O ona küs. = He/She is upset with him/her.
What does hâlâ mean here?