Breakdown of Aylardır bu zorluklarla uğraşıyoruz.
bu
this
ay
month
ile
with / by / and (linking nouns)
zorluk
difficulty
uğraşmak
to deal with
Questions & Answers about Aylardır bu zorluklarla uğraşıyoruz.
How does the -dır suffix work in aylardır?
The suffix -dır (and its vowel harmony forms like -dir, -dur, -dür) is used to express duration, meaning 'for' a period of time. Here, aylar means 'months', so adding -dır makes it aylardır, meaning 'for months'.
Why is uğraşıyoruz in the present continuous tense when the English translation says 'have been dealing'?
In Turkish, if an action started in the past and is still happening right now, you use the present continuous tense (-ıyor). English uses the present perfect continuous ('have been doing'), but Turkish simply uses the present tense along with the time duration.
The translation says 'these difficulties', but bu usually means 'this'. Why doesn't the sentence use a plural word like bunlar?
In Turkish, pointing words like bu (this/these) or o (that/those) do not take plural suffixes when they are used right before a noun. Since the noun zorluklar already has the plural suffix -lar, bu stays in its base singular form.
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