Questions & Answers about Şanslıydık çünkü hava harikaydı.
Why is there a y in both şanslıydık and harikaydı?
The past tense ending for 'was/were' is -dı / -di / -du / -dü. When attaching it to a word that ends in a vowel, like şanslı (lucky) or harika (wonderful), we must use the buffer letter y. This is because the past suffix actually comes from an old word, idi. So we get şanslı + y + dı + k.
Why does şanslıydık end in -k instead of -ız?
The -k is the personal suffix for 'we' in the past tense. In the present tense, you use -ız / -iz (like şanslıyız for 'we are lucky'), but the past tense uses a different set of personal endings. For 'we', it is simply -k.
How does vowel harmony work for the past tense in harikaydı?
The past tense suffix follows 4-way vowel harmony. Since the last vowel in harika is 'a', the suffix takes an 'ı', becoming -dı. With the buffer y, it forms harikaydı (it was wonderful).
Does hava mean 'weather' or 'air'?