Breakdown of Bakışıyorlar ve antrenman başlıyor.
ve
and
başlamak
to begin, to start
antrenman
training / practice (sports, physical)
bakışmak
to look at each other / to stare at each other
Questions & Answers about Bakışıyorlar ve antrenman başlıyor.
How do we get 'look at each other' from bakışıyorlar?
The root verb is bakmak (to look). To show that multiple people are doing this action to each other, we add the reciprocal suffix -ış, creating bakışmak (to look at one another). Then we just add the present continuous tense -ıyor and the plural suffix -lar to get bakışıyorlar.
Does bakışmak just mean a casual glance, or something more intense?
Bakışmak implies sustained mutual eye contact. While it is very commonly used for romantic glances ("making eyes at each other"), in the context of this sentence about training or sports, it means they are locking eyes or having a tense stare-down before the action begins.
Why is the second verb başlıyor instead of başlayıyor?
This is a great time for a quick refresher on vowel narrowing! The verb root for "to begin" is başlamak, which ends in the wide vowel a. When you add the present continuous suffix -ıyor to a verb ending in a or e, that final vowel drops or "narrows" to match the suffix. So, başla- + -ıyor becomes başlıyor.
Why does only the first verb have the plural suffix -lar?
Because there are two different subjects in this sentence, separated by ve (and). The first part is about the athletes or competitors: bakışıyorlar (they look at each other). The second part is about antrenman (the training). Since "training" is a singular noun, its verb başlıyor takes the singular form.
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