Bu sabah hiçbir otobüs gelmedi.

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Breakdown of Bu sabah hiçbir otobüs gelmedi.

• otobüs: the bus
• gelmek: to come
• sabah: the morning

Questions & Answers about Bu sabah hiçbir otobüs gelmedi.

What does bu sabah literally mean, and why is there no word for this before morning in English?

Bu sabah literally means this morning.

• bu = this
• sabah = morning

Turkish often builds simple noun phrases directly like this, without anything extra in between. So bu sabah is just the normal way to say this morning.

Why is it hiçbir otobüs and not a plural like otobüsler?

After hiçbir meaning no / not a single / none, Turkish normally uses a singular noun, not a plural one.

So:

• hiçbir otobüs = no bus / not a single bus
• not hiçbir otobüsler

This is different from English, where we often say no buses. In Turkish, the singular form is the standard pattern here.

What exactly does hiçbir mean?

Hiçbir means no, not any, or not a single, depending on context.

It is made from:

• hiç = originally related to ever / at all / any
• bir = one / a

Together, hiçbir gives the idea of not even one.

In this sentence, hiçbir otobüs gelmedi means no bus came or not a single bus arrived.