Breakdown of Yarın sabah beni mutlaka ara.
beni
me
aramak
to call
yarın sabah
tomorrow morning
mutlaka
without fail
Questions & Answers about Yarın sabah beni mutlaka ara.
What form is ara here?
Ara is the informal singular imperative of aramak (to call, also to look for in other contexts).
So:
- aramak = to call / to look for
- ara! = call! / look for!
In this sentence, it means Call me.
Because it is an imperative, the subject you is not stated. It is understood automatically.
Why is it beni and not ben?
Beni means me as a direct object.
- ben = I
- beni = me
In Turkish, aramak takes a direct object:
- beni ara = call me
- onu ara = call him/her/it
- arkadaşını ara = call your friend
So beni is required here because I am the person being called.
Why doesn’t Turkish use something like bana ara for call me?
Because in Turkish, the verb aramak is used with a direct object, not with the dative in this meaning.
So Turkish says:
- beni ara = call me
not:
- bana ara
This is different from English, where call may feel less obviously like a direct-object verb to learners comparing structures. In Turkish, birini aramak literally works as to call someone.