Yaşlı adam bankta dinleniyor.

to rest

Breakdown of Yaşlı adam bankta dinleniyor.

• bank: the bench
• adam: the man
• yaşlı: elderly

Questions & Answers about Yaşlı adam bankta dinleniyor.

Why is bankta one word, and what does -ta mean?

-ta is the locative suffix, which usually means in, on, at.

So:

• bank = bench
• bank-ta = on the bench / at the bench

Turkish often expresses meanings like in/on/at by adding a suffix directly to the noun instead of using a separate preposition.

The basic locative suffix is often shown as -DA, but it changes shape:

• -da / -de / -ta / -te

In bankta, it becomes -ta because bank ends in a voiceless consonant (k), so d changes to t.

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Does bank here mean bank as in money, or bench?

Here bank means bench.

That can be confusing for English speakers, because:

• banka = bank, the financial institution
• bank = bench

So:

• bankta = on the bench
• bankada = at the bank

That final vowel makes a big difference.

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Why is there no word for the in the sentence?