ELONIO
Log inSign up

Ben kötü bir avukat mıyım?

Ben kötü bir avukat mıyım?
Am I a bad lawyer?
From Lesson 8:Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)·Turkish

Questions & Answers about Ben kötü bir avukat mıyım?

Why is there a "y" in mıyım?
mıyım is made of the yes/no question particle mı plus the "I am" suffix -ım. Because Turkish does not like two vowels right next to each other, we use the buffer letter y to connect them: mı + y + ım.
Why does the question particle use "ı" (mı) instead of "i" (mi)?
This happens because of 4-way vowel harmony. The question particle always matches the last vowel of the word right before it. The last vowel in avukat is a. In Turkish, an a or ı is followed by an ı, so we use mı.
Why do we say kötü bir avukat instead of bir kötü avukat?
In English, we say "a bad lawyer." But in Turkish, when you use an adjective (like kötü) with bir (a/an), bir almost always goes between the adjective and the noun. It's like saying "bad a lawyer."
Could I just say "Kötü bir avukat mıyım?" without Ben?
Yes, absolutely! The personal suffix -ım at the end of mıyım already tells us the subject is "I". Including Ben at the beginning is optional and just adds a little bit of emphasis, like "Am I a bad lawyer?"

Learn Ben kötü bir avukat mıyım and more in Turkish

All course content and exercises are completely free — no paywalls, no trial periods, no signup needed.

  • ✓ Practice with interactive exercises
  • ✓ Track your progress with spaced repetition
  • ✓Learn at your own pace — completely free
Start learning Turkish →