Breakdown of Gelecek hafta toplantı yok, dinleniyorum.
yok
there is not / non-existent
dinlenmek
to rest
gelecek
next
hafta
week
toplantı
meeting
Questions & Answers about Gelecek hafta toplantı yok, dinleniyorum.
Why use "dinleniyorum" (I am resting) when this is happening next week?
Just like in English ("I am resting next week"), Turkish uses the present continuous tense (-iyor) for fixed future plans. The time phrase gelecek hafta (next week) makes it completely clear that this is happening in the future.
Does "gelecek" always mean "next"?
Gelecek literally means "coming" or "future" (it comes from the verb gelmek, to come). So gelecek hafta literally translates to "the coming week". You will see it used a lot for future time phrases, like gelecek ay (next month).
Why isn't there a word for "a" or "the" before "toplantı"?
Turkish doesn't have a direct translation for "the", so it is understood from context. While you could use bir to say bir toplantı yok (there is not a meeting), it is much more natural in Turkish to drop it and just say toplantı yok to mean "there are no meetings" or "there is no meeting".
How is the word "dinleniyorum" built?
The base verb is dinlenmek (to rest). We drop the -mek to get the root dinlen. Because it ends in a consonant, we add the matching vowel i before the present continuous suffix -yor, and finally add -um to mean "I". So it becomes dinlen + i + yor + um.
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