Word
Ben yaz aylarında çilek reçeli yaparım.
Meaning
I make strawberry jam in the summer months.
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Questions & Answers about Ben yaz aylarında çilek reçeli yaparım.
Why is there an "i" at the end of reçeli?
In Turkish, when you put two nouns together to make a specific concept, the second word gets a possessive suffix. This is a noun compound. So, combining çilek (strawberry) and reçel (jam) makes çilek reçeli.
Why is it aylarında and not just aylarda for "in the months"?
Just like "strawberry jam," "summer months" is a noun compound. First, you combine yaz (summer) and aylar (months) with the possessive suffix -ı to make yaz ayları. Then you add the locative suffix -da to mean "in".
What is the n doing in the middle of aylarında?
Whenever you add a location or direction suffix (like -da) to a word that ends with a third-person possessive suffix (like the -ı in yaz ayları), you must insert the buffer letter -n- between them. This gives us yaz aylar-ı-n-da.
Why does the sentence use yaparım instead of yapıyorum?
Yapıyorum is the continuous tense for an action happening right now ("I am making"). Yaparım uses the aorist tense, which expresses general habits, routines, or facts. Since making jam is a recurring summer habit here, the aorist tense is the natural choice.