Questions & Answers about Filmin sonu çok kötü.
Why is there an -in attached to film?
This is the genitive suffix you are learning in this lesson! It works like the English "'s" or "of". By adding -in, film becomes filmin, meaning "the film's" or "of the film". It takes the form -in because film ends in a consonant and its last vowel is 'i'.
Why do we add -u to the word son (end)?
In Turkish, when you link two nouns together to say "the film's end", the thing being owned also needs a suffix. This is the possessive suffix. The -u in sonu essentially means "its". So, filmin sonu literally translates to "the film's its end".
Why does film take an -i sound in its suffix (-in), but son takes a -u sound (-u)?
This is due to 4-way vowel harmony. The vowel in a suffix always changes to match the last vowel of the root word. Film contains an 'i', which takes an 'i' suffix. Son has an 'o', and the harmony rules dictate that 'o' or 'u' takes a 'u' suffix.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
There isn't one! In simple Turkish present-tense sentences, you often don't need a separate verb for "is" or "are". You can just state the subject (filmin sonu) followed directly by the adjective (çok kötü). It is naturally understood as "is very bad".
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