Questions & Answers about O gün hava berbattı.
Why is the past tense ending -tı instead of -dı on berbattı?
The word berbat (terrible) ends in a hard consonant (t). Because of consonant harmony, the past tense suffix must also start with a hard consonant, changing the d to a t. Then, vowel harmony looks at the last vowel in berbat (a) and chooses ı, giving us -tı.
I learned that o means 'he/she/it'. Why does it mean 'that' in o gün?
The word o works as both a personal pronoun (he/she/it) and a demonstrative word (that). When you put it right before a noun, like o gün, it means 'that day'.
Where is the word for 'the' in hava (the weather)?
Turkish does not have a definite article like the English word 'the'. The word hava translates to 'the weather' naturally here because we are talking about a specific day.
Can hava mean anything else besides weather?
Yes, hava also means 'air'. In everyday Turkish, it is the standard word used for both the air around us and the outdoor weather conditions.