Word
Rüzgâr çok soğuktu ve hava kötüleşti.
Meaning
The wind was very cold and the weather got worse.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Rüzgâr çok soğuktu ve hava kötüleşti.
Why does soğuk take -tu instead of -di in soğuktu?
This is because of two types of harmony. First, soğuk ends in a hard voiceless consonant (k), which changes the 'd' in the past tense suffix to a hard 't' (consonant harmony). Second, the last vowel is 'u', so the suffix vowel also becomes 'u' (vowel harmony). Together, they make -tu.
How is kötüleşti built from the word kötü (bad)?
In Turkish, the suffix -leş (or -laş) is used to turn adjectives into verbs meaning "to become [adjective]". So kötü (bad) becomes the verb kötüleşmek (to become bad / to get worse). Adding the past tense -ti gives us kötüleşti (got worse).
Does hava mean "air" or "weather"?
It means both! In Turkish, the same word is used for "air" and "weather". Context makes it clear, so here hava kötüleşti means the weather got worse.
How would I change this sentence to say "the weather was going to get worse" for this lesson?
To express something that was going to happen in the past, you add the future suffix -ecek followed by the past tense -ti. So instead of kötüleşti (got worse), you would write kötüleşecekti (was going to get worse).