Word
Çok sıcak sudan buhar çıkar.
Meaning
Steam comes out of very hot water.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Çok sıcak sudan buhar çıkar.
çok
very
su
water
sıcak
hot
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
Questions & Answers about Çok sıcak sudan buhar çıkar.
Why does the verb use the -ar ending (çıkar) instead of the present continuous (çıkıyor)?
The -ar suffix forms the aorist tense, which is used to state general truths, habits, and scientific facts. Because steam coming out of hot water is a universal rule of nature, Turkish uses the aorist tense here rather than the present continuous -ıyor.
How do we know to use -ar for the root çık?
The verb root çık (to come out) has only one syllable and ends in a consonant. For most single-syllable roots like this, the aorist suffix is -ar or -er. We choose -ar because of two-way vowel harmony with the undotted vowel ı in çık.
Why is the word su written as sudan here?
The suffix -dan means 'from' or 'out of'. The verb çıkmak (to come out) naturally pairs with this ending to show the source of the action. So, sudan translates to 'out of water'.
Shouldn't the subject buhar be at the very beginning of the sentence?
Usually, the subject is at the beginning. But when a subject is indefinite and general (just 'steam' rather than 'the steam'), it is often placed right before the verb. This groups the subject and verb together to focus on the event itself.