Questions & Answers about Toplantı sabah veya akşam.
How does veya work in this sentence?
veya simply connects the two time options, just like 'or' in English. It is the most common conjunction to use when offering basic alternatives like 'morning or evening'.
Why isn't there a word for 'in' attached to sabah and akşam?
Time words like sabah (morning) and akşam (evening) are usually used as bare words in Turkish to mean 'in the morning' or 'in the evening'. You do not need to add the location suffix -da or -de to them.
Where is the verb 'is' in this sentence?
There isn't one! In basic present-tense sentences, Turkish often drops the 'to be' verb completely. Just putting the subject (toplantı) and the time (sabah veya akşam) together naturally creates the meaning of 'is'.
Why does toplantı mean 'the meeting' without a word for 'the'?
Turkish does not have a direct word for 'the'. When a noun is the main subject of a sentence, we naturally assume it means a specific thing ('the meeting'). To say 'a meeting', you would add the word bir (a/one) and say Bir toplantı.