Questions & Answers about Akşam konsere gidiyoruz.
Why doesn't akşam have a suffix to mean 'in the' evening?
In Turkish, general time words like akşam (evening), sabah (morning), or yarın (tomorrow) don't need an extra suffix like -da or -de (in/at/on) to say when an action happens. They answer the question ne zaman (when) all by themselves! To ask 'When are we going?', you simply substitute the time word and say: Ne zaman konsere gidiyoruz?
I thought the verb for 'to go' was gitmek. Why is it spelled gidiyoruz here?
You are right, the root is git-. However, Turkish has a rule where certain hard consonants (like t) soften to a softer letter (like d) when you add a suffix that starts with a vowel. Because the present continuous suffix -iyor starts with an i, git- becomes gid-, making the full word gidiyoruz instead of gitiyoruz.
What does the -e at the end of konsere do?
The -e is the direction suffix (sometimes called the dative case), which translates to 'to' or 'towards' in English. It attaches to konser (concert) to show our destination, giving us 'to the concert'. Depending on vowel harmony, this suffix is always either -e or -a.
Where is the word for 'we' (biz) in this sentence?
You can absolutely say Biz akşam konsere gidiyoruz, but the biz (we) is optional here. The personal suffix -uz at the very end of gidiyoruz already tells us that 'we' are the ones going. In Turkish, dropping the subject pronoun like this is very common and sounds perfectly natural.
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