Breakdown of Teknik hata hâlâ olası görünüyor.
görünmek
to seem
hata
the mistake
teknik
technical
hâlâ
still
Questions & Answers about Teknik hata hâlâ olası görünüyor.
Why is there no a or the in Teknik hata?
Turkish does not use articles the way English does. There is no direct equivalent of the, and a/an is often omitted unless you specifically want to emphasize one.
So Teknik hata can mean:
- technical error
- a technical error
- the technical error
The exact meaning depends on context. If you wanted to make a technical error more explicit, you could say teknik bir hata.
Why is it teknik hata and not something like hatanın teknik?
In Turkish, adjectives normally come before the noun, just like in English.
- teknik hata = technical error
- büyük sorun = big problem
- iyi fikir = good idea
So teknik simply modifies hata.
What does hâlâ mean exactly, and why is it in the middle of the sentence?