Word
Bu bir köy mü?
Meaning
Is this a village?
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Bu bir köy mü?
Why is the question particle mü instead of mi?
The question particle follows 4-way vowel harmony. Because the vowel in köy is ö (a front, rounded vowel), the question particle must use the matching vowel ü, making it mü.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
There isn't one! In Turkish, the present tense of 'to be' (am/is/are) is often simply understood from the sentence structure. Bu bir köy literally means 'This a village', which naturally translates to 'This is a village'.
Does bir mean 'one' or 'a' in this context?
It acts as the indefinite article 'a' here. Even though bir is the number 'one', placing it right before a singular noun is the standard way to say 'a [noun]' in Turkish.
Why is mü written as a separate word if it changes to match the vowel in köy?
The question particle (mı, mi, mu, mü) is a special case in Turkish. It changes its vowel to match the word right before it as if it were a suffix, but it is always written with a space.