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Questions & Answers about Film gece bitiyor.
How would I ask 'When does the movie end?' based on this sentence?
You just replace the time word gece with the question word ne zaman (when). The question becomes: Film ne zaman bitiyor?
Why doesn't gece have the locative ending -de to mean 'at' night?
In Turkish, general parts of the day like gece (night), sabah (morning), and akşam (evening) act as time adverbs all by themselves. You don't need to add -de or -da to say 'in the morning' or 'at night' in this context.
The verb bitiyor uses the present continuous tense (-iyor). Why does the English translation use the simple present 'ends'?
Just like in English, Turkish often uses the present continuous tense to talk about scheduled events or things happening in the near future. While 'The movie is ending at night' is a literal translation, 'The movie ends at night' sounds much more natural for a schedule.
What is the dictionary form of the verb bitiyor?
The root verb is bitmek, which means 'to end' or 'to finish'. After dropping the infinitive -mek, we add -iyor to form the present continuous tense.