Breakdown of Güneş çok sıcak olacak ve buzlar hemen eriyecek.
çok
very
sıcak
hot
ve
and
olmak
to be
hemen
immediately / right away
güneş
sun
buz
ice
erimek
to melt
Questions & Answers about Güneş çok sıcak olacak ve buzlar hemen eriyecek.
Why is there a y in eriyecek but not in olacak?
This is exactly what we are learning! The verb root eri- (to melt) ends in a vowel, so it needs the buffer letter y before adding the future suffix -ecek. The root ol- (to be) ends in a consonant, so it connects directly to -acak without a buffer.
Why does the future suffix change from -acak to -ecek?
This is because of 2-way vowel harmony. ol- has a back/hard vowel (o), so it takes -acak. eri- has a front/soft vowel (i), so it takes -ecek.
The English translation says 'ice', so why does the Turkish sentence use the plural buzlar?
English treats 'ice' as an uncountable noun, but Turkish can make it plural. Buzlar is often used when talking about ice out in the world, like patches of ice on the ground, ice cubes, or glaciers melting.
I thought olmak meant 'to happen' or 'to become'. Why does it mean 'will be' here?
Olmak is a very flexible verb. While it does mean 'to become' or 'to happen', it is also used as the future tense of 'to be'. Since Turkish doesn't have a direct 'to be' verb root for the future tense, we use olacak to say 'will be' (literally 'will become').
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