Word
Bu soğuk gezegende buzlar eriyecek.
Meaning
The ice will melt on this cold planet.
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Questions & Answers about Bu soğuk gezegende buzlar eriyecek.
Why is there a y in eriyecek?
The verb root is eri- (to melt), which ends in a vowel. The future tense suffix here is -ecek. Because Turkish avoids putting two vowels right next to each other, we insert the buffer letter -y- between them, giving us eriyecek.
The English translation says "The ice", so why does the Turkish sentence use the plural form buzlar?
In English, "ice" is uncountable. But in Turkish, when referring to ice caps, frozen areas, or large amounts of ice (like on a cold planet), it is very common to use the plural buzlar.
If buzlar is plural, shouldn't the verb be eriyecekler?
In Turkish, when the subject is plural but non-human (like animals, plants, or objects such as buzlar), the verb almost always stays in the singular form. That is why we use eriyecek instead of eriyecekler.
How does the word gezegende work here?
The root word is gezegen, which means planet. To say "on this cold planet", we add the locative suffix -de (which translates to in, on, or at in English), giving us gezegende.