Benim boğazım ağrıyor, bu yüzden sıcak çay içiyorum.

This is a normal Turkish possession pattern.

• benim = my / of me
• boğaz-ım = my throat

So Turkish often marks possession in two places:

1. on the possessor (benim)
2. on the possessed noun (-ım)

That is why benim boğazım is correct. It may feel like double my to an English speaker, but in Turkish it is standard.

Yes, absolutely. In fact, Boğazım ağrıyor is very common and natural.

Turkish often drops words like benim when the meaning is already clear from the possessive ending:

• boğazım = my throat
• boğazın = your throat
• boğazı = his/her throat

So benim is optional here unless you want extra emphasis or contrast.

Because of vowel harmony.

The possessive ending for my changes shape:

• -ım
• -im
• -um
• -üm

The correct form depends on the last vowel of the noun.

In boğaz, the last vowel is a, so the ending becomes -ım:

• boğaz + ım = boğazım

This is one of the most important sound patterns in Turkish.

In this sentence, boğaz means throat.

It can also have other meanings in different contexts, such as a strait or narrow passage, but here the meaning is clearly the body part because of ağrıyor.

So:

• boğazım = my throat

Ağrıyor comes from the verb ağrımak, meaning to ache / to hurt.

Here it is in the present continuous form:

• ağrı-yor = is hurting / hurts

In this sentence, the subject is boğazım, so literally the structure is:

• My throat is hurting

In natural English, that may become My throat hurts or I have a sore throat, but Turkish expresses it with the throat as the thing that hurts.

It can match either one in English, depending on context.

The Turkish -yor form often corresponds to:

• is hurting
• hurts
• am drinking
• drink sometimes, depending on the situation

So Boğazım ağrıyor can be understood as:

• My throat is hurting
• My throat hurts

Both are fine as translations.

Grammatically, the subject is boğazım (my throat).

That is why the verb is ağrıyor in third person singular form. Turkish is saying:

• My throat hurts

not:

• I hurt my throat
• I am hurting

Benim is not the subject. It is only the possessor: my.

Because Turkish verb endings already carry that information.

For example:

• içiyorum = I am drinking
• ağrıyor = it is hurting / hurts

So Turkish does not need a separate word like am or is here. The verb form itself gives the tense and person.

Bu yüzden means because of this, for this reason, or simply so / therefore.

It connects the first idea to the result:

• Benim boğazım ağrıyor = my throat hurts
• bu yüzden sıcak çay içiyorum = so I am drinking hot tea

It is a very common way to show cause and result in Turkish.

Because Turkish adjectives usually come before the noun, just like in English.

So:

• sıcak çay = hot tea
• soğuk su = cold water
• güzel kitap = beautiful book

Also, adjectives in Turkish do not change form for singular/plural or gender.

İçiyorum comes from içmek, meaning to drink.

It breaks down like this:

• iç- = drink
• -iyor = present continuous marker
• -um = I

So içiyorum means:

• I am drinking

That is why the second clause means so I am drinking hot tea.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but this version is very natural and neutral.

Standard order in the second clause is:

• sıcak çay içiyorum = I am drinking hot tea

The full sentence:

• Benim boğazım ağrıyor, bu yüzden sıcak çay içiyorum.

This sounds smooth and normal. Turkish can move parts around for emphasis, but learners should treat this word order as the safest default.

Usually Boğazım ağrıyor is the more natural choice for My throat hurts or I have a sore throat.

Acımak often suggests a stinging, burning, or sharp kind of pain, depending on context. For a sore throat, ağrımak is the usual verb.

So for this situation, Boğazım ağrıyor is the best phrase to learn first.