Breakdown of Çok yağmur yağıyor, bu yüzden ıslanıyoruz.
çok
a lot of / many
yağmur
rain
yağmak
to rain / to snow
bu yüzden
that's why / therefore
ıslanmak
to get wet
Questions & Answers about Çok yağmur yağıyor, bu yüzden ıslanıyoruz.
Why do we say yağmur yağıyor? Doesn't yağmur already mean rain?
In English, you use a dummy subject and say 'it is raining'. In Turkish, you use the noun yağmur (rain) as the subject, followed by the verb yağmak (to precipitate or fall). So literally, you are saying 'rain is raining' or 'rain is falling'.
What is the literal translation of bu yüzden?
It means 'that's why' or 'therefore'. Literally, bu means 'this', yüz means 'face' but also 'reason' or 'cause', and the -den ending means 'from'. So bu yüzden translates to 'from this reason'.
Could I use bunun için or bu nedenle instead of bu yüzden here?
How do we break down the verb ıslanıyoruz?
It comes from the verb ıslanmak (to get wet), which is related to the adjective ıslak (wet). To form 'we are getting wet', we take the root ıslan, add the present continuous tense ending -ıyor, and finally attach the 'we' personal ending -uz.
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