Breakdown of Çocuk oyun oynuyor ve resim boyuyor.
çocuk
child
resim
picture
ve
and
oynamak
to play
oyun
game
boyamak
to paint
Questions & Answers about Çocuk oyun oynuyor ve resim boyuyor.
Why is the verb spelled boyuyor instead of boyayor?
The verb root for 'to paint' is boya-. In the present continuous tense, when a verb root ends in the wide vowels a or e, the -yor suffix causes that vowel to 'narrow.' Because the preceding vowel in the root is o, the a narrows to u. So, boya- + -yor becomes boyuyor.
Does the same vowel narrowing happen in oynuyor?
Exactly! The verb for 'to play' is oynamak, which gives us the root oyna-. The root ends in a, which narrows to u before the -yor suffix. This changes oynayor into the correct form, oynuyor.
Why does the sentence use oyun oynuyor instead of just oynuyor?
In Turkish, it is very common to pair the noun oyun (game) with the verb oynamak (to play). While you can just say oynuyor (the child is playing), saying oyun oynuyor translates as 'playing a game' and is the standard, natural way to express this activity.
The English translation says 'a game' and 'a picture'. Why isn't the word bir used in the Turkish sentence?
When you are talking about a general activity, Turkish often leaves out the word bir (a/an). Resim boyuyor means doing the general activity of painting pictures. If you wanted to emphasize that the child is painting one specific picture, you could say bir resim boyuyor, but leaving it out is very natural here.
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