Breakdown of Temmuz ve ağustos aylarında okul yok.
yok
there is not / non-existent
okul
school
ve
and
ay
month
Questions & Answers about Temmuz ve ağustos aylarında okul yok.
Why do we say aylarında instead of just adding -ta to the months (like Temmuz ve ağustosta)?
You actually can say Temmuz ve ağustosta! Both are perfectly correct. However, adding aylarında is a very common and natural way to express this in Turkish. It literally means "in the months of July and August".
How does the word aylarında break down into suffixes?
Let's take it piece by piece: ay (month) + -lar (plural marker for months) + -ı (a linking vowel used when combining nouns) + -n- (a buffer letter) + -da (in). Together, it means "in the months of".
Why is Temmuz capitalized but ağustos is not?
In Turkish, month names are only capitalized when they are part of a specific exact date with a number (like 15 Ağustos). Because this sentence talks about the months in general, they are lowercase. Temmuz is only capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence!
Why use yok instead of a negative verb for "there is no school"?
In Turkish, to say "there is" or "there is not", you use the special words var and yok rather than a verb. Okul yok literally translates to "school is nonexistent", which is the standard A1 way to say "there is no school".