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Questions & Answers about Şimdi hangi ay?
Where is the word for 'is' in Şimdi hangi ay?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for 'is' in this kind of simple question. The 'to be' meaning is simply understood. You could add the 'is' suffix -dır to make it aydır, but in everyday spoken Turkish, leaving it off is completely normal and very common.
I learned that ay means 'moon'. Does it mean 'month' here?
Yes! The word ay translates to both 'moon' and 'month'. You can easily tell which one is meant by the context. Asking 'Which moon is it now?' wouldn't make much sense in everyday conversation, so it definitely means 'month' here.
Why is şimdi placed at the very beginning of the sentence?
Words that tell us when something happens, like time words such as şimdi (now), typically go at or near the beginning of a Turkish sentence. The literal translation of this sentence is 'Now which month?'
Could I ask this by saying Hangi ay şimdi? instead?
Yes, you can. While putting the time word first is the standard word order, spoken Turkish is flexible. Saying Hangi ay şimdi? is perfectly natural in conversation, though it places a little more emotional emphasis on the word 'now'.