Breakdown of Mandalina kışın çok bol olur.
çok
very
olmak
to be
bol
abundant / plenty of
kış
winter
mandalina
tangerine
Questions & Answers about Mandalina kışın çok bol olur.
Why is mandalina singular here but translated as "tangerines"?
In Turkish, when talking generally about a whole category or type of thing, we usually use the singular form. Because we mean "tangerines in general," mandalina stays singular.
Why is "in winter" written as kışın instead of using the locative case like kışta?
For seasons and certain times of day, Turkish uses a special ending -ın / -in to mean "during" or "in". So kışın means "in winter" and yazın means "in summer." This is a fixed expression that sounds much more natural than kışta.
What exactly does bol mean?
bol means "plentiful," "abundant," or "copious." You will also often see it used to describe clothing that is "loose" or "baggy." Here, çok bol emphasizes that tangerines are very abundant.
Why does the sentence end with olur instead of just boldur?
olur is the aorist (general time) form of olmak (to be/become). Using olur shows that this is a general truth, habit, or natural recurring fact. It implies that tangerines "routinely become" or "generally are" plentiful every winter.
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