Dizim incinmiş, bu yüzden bugün parkta koşmuyorum.

My knee is hurt, so I am not running in the park today.

Breakdown of Dizim incinmiş, bu yüzden bugün parkta koşmuyorum.

• olmak: to be
• bugün: today
• benim: my
• park: the park

Questions & Answers about Dizim incinmiş, bu yüzden bugün parkta koşmuyorum.

Why is diz written as dizim here?

Dizim means my knee.

It breaks down like this:

• diz = knee
• -im = my

So:

• diz = knee
• dizim = my knee

This is a possessive ending, and Turkish uses these endings very often instead of separate words like my, your, his/her.

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Examples:

• kol = arm

• kolum = my arm

• baş = head
• başım = my head

Why is it incinmiş and not incindi?

İncinmiş is the -miş form, which often adds a nuance like:

• the speaker has realized it
• the speaker is reporting the result
• the important thing is the current condition

So Dizim incinmiş is something like:

• My knee seems to be hurt
• Apparently my knee is hurt
• My knee has gotten hurt

In everyday Turkish, this can sound very natural when someone is noticing or stating the result of an injury.

By contrast:

• Dizim incindi = My knee got hurt / was hurt

That sounds more like a straightforward past event.

So in this sentence, incinmiş emphasizes the present situation/result: the knee is injured, and therefore the speaker is not running today.

What does incinmek mean exactly?