Word
İki gün sonra sinemada film izliyoruz.
Meaning
We are watching a film at the cinema in two days.
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Questions & Answers about İki gün sonra sinemada film izliyoruz.
Why are we using the present continuous tense if this is happening in two days?
Just like in English, Turkish uses the present continuous tense (-yor) to talk about fixed future plans. The time phrase iki gün sonra (in two days) makes it clear that the action is happening in the future.
The verb for 'to watch' is izlemek. Why is it spelled izliyoruz instead of 'izleyoruz'?
When a verb root ends in a vowel (like the e in izle), and we add the -yor ending, the final vowel narrows. The e changes to i to match the rules of vowel harmony, making it izliyor. Then we add the 'we' ending -uz to get izliyoruz.
How does sinemada mean 'at the cinema'?
The word for cinema is sinema. We add the locative suffix -da (which means 'in', 'on', or 'at') to say where the action is happening.
Why isn't there a suffix on film? Shouldn't it be 'filmi'?
We leave film in its plain form because we are talking about watching 'a film' in general, not a specific one. If we meant 'We are watching the film' (a specific movie we already talked about), we would add the accusative ending and say filmi izliyoruz.