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'?
Hava means both 'weather' and 'air' in Turkish. You can usually tell which one it means from the context. In this sentence, describing it as wonderful (harika) makes 'weather' the clear meaning.
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