Questions & Answers about Bilgisayarın pili çok sıcak.
Why is it bilgisayarın and not just bilgisayar?
We are saying 'the computer's battery'. To show possession in Turkish, the owner gets a genitive suffix. Here, bilgisayar gets the suffix -ın to become bilgisayarın, which means 'the computer's' or 'of the computer'.
Why does pil have an -i at the end?
In Turkish definite noun compounds, the thing being owned also needs a suffix. The word pil (battery) gets the possessive suffix -i to show it belongs to the computer. Together with the first word, bilgisayarın pili literally works like 'the computer's its-battery'.
Why do the two suffixes use different vowels (-ın vs -i)?
Both suffixes change to match the vowels of their root words according to 4-way vowel harmony. The last vowel in bilgisayar is 'a', which pairs with 'ı', making the suffix -ın. The vowel in pil is 'i', which pairs with 'i', making the suffix -i.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
There is no separate word for 'is' here. In simple descriptive sentences in Turkish, you just put the adjective at the end. Saying çok sıcak directly after the subject perfectly translates to 'is very hot'.