Breakdown of Çocuğun ateşi var, bunun için okula gitmiyor.
çocuk
child
var
there is / existent
okul
school
gitmek
to go
Questions & Answers about Çocuğun ateşi var, bunun için okula gitmiyor.
What does bunun için literally mean, and how is it used here?
Literally, bunun means "of this" and için means "for" (so, "for this"). In this lesson, it acts as a conjunction of consequence meaning "that's why" or "therefore." It connects the cause (Çocuğun ateşi var - The child has a fever) to the result (okula gitmiyor - he isn't going to school).
Why do we say çocuğun ateşi var to mean "the child has a fever"?
Turkish doesn't have a direct verb for "to have." Instead, you use the possessor with a genitive suffix (çocuğun - "the child's") and the possessed item with a possessive suffix (ateşi - "his/her fever"), followed by var (exists). Literally, you are saying "The child's fever exists."
Why did the word çocuk change to çocuğun?
This is consonant mutation. When the word çocuk (child) takes the genitive suffix -un (which starts with a vowel), the hard k at the end softens into a silent ğ to make pronunciation smoother.
In the word gitmiyor, what happened to the normal negative suffix -me?