Breakdown of Gelecek haftaki tatil için hiçbir endişem yok.
yok
there is not / non-existent
gelecek
next
hafta
week
tatil
holiday / vacation
için
for
hiçbir
no / not any (determiner)
endişe
worry
Questions & Answers about Gelecek haftaki tatil için hiçbir endişem yok.
Why is there a -ki at the end of haftaki?
The suffix -ki turns time words into adjectives. Here, it attaches to hafta (week) to describe the holiday. So, gelecek haftaki tatil means "next week's holiday" or "the holiday occurring next week". Notice that with time words, -ki attaches directly without needing the locative suffix -da/-de (in/on/at) first.
I know gelecek as a verb meaning "will come". How does it mean "next" here?
You are exactly right! Gelecek is the future tense form of gelmek (to come). In Turkish, this same form is frequently used as an adjective meaning "upcoming" or "next". So, gelecek hafta simply means "next week" (literally: the week that will come).
The translation says "worries about the holiday", but doesn't için mean "for"?
Yes, için usually means "for". While English uses "about" when talking about worries, Turkish often uses için. Tatil için endişe literally means "worry for the holiday", which sounds perfectly natural in Turkish.
Why does the sentence use hiçbir and yok together? Isn't that a double negative?
Hiçbir means "any" or "not a single". In Turkish, words like hiçbir and hiç must be paired with a negative verb or word (like yok or a verb with -me/-ma). So hiçbir endişem yok literally means "there is not any worry of mine," which translates smoothly to "I have no worries."
How does endişem yok translate to "I have no worries"?
Turkish expresses "having" something by using possessive suffixes with var (there is) or yok (there isn't). Endişe means "worry", and adding -m makes it endişem (my worry). Saying endişem yok literally means "my worry does not exist" — which is how you say "I don't have worries."
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