Word
Öğleden sonra sınav var.
Meaning
There is an exam in the afternoon.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Öğleden sonra sınav var.
var
there is / existent
sınav
exam
öğleden sonra
afternoon, in the afternoon
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Questions & Answers about Öğleden sonra sınav var.
How would I ask "When is the exam?" to get this answer?
You would use this lesson's question word and ask Sınav ne zaman? (Exam when?). To answer, you simply replace ne zaman with the time: Sınav öğleden sonra (The exam is in the afternoon). This sentence adds var to say "There is an exam in the afternoon."
Why does öğle have the -den ending attached to it?
The word öğle means "noon". In Turkish, when you want to say "after [something]", the word for that something must take the "from" ending (-dan or -den). So, öğleden sonra literally translates to "after from noon", which is the standard way to say "in the afternoon".
Why do we use var at the end of this sentence?
The word var means "there is" or "exists". We use it to state the existence of something. So, sınav var means "there is an exam". If you left var out and just said Öğleden sonra sınav, it would sound incomplete, like saying "Afternoon exam".
Why isn't there a word for "an" before sınav?