Breakdown of Parti öğleden sonra başlıyor.
başlamak
to begin, to start
parti
party
öğleden sonra
afternoon, in the afternoon
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Questions & Answers about Parti öğleden sonra başlıyor.
How would I ask 'When does the party start?' using the grammar from this lesson?
You would replace the specific time phrase öğleden sonra (in the afternoon) with the question word ne zaman (when). The question becomes Parti ne zaman başlıyor?
Why is the word öğle (noon) written as öğleden here?
The word sonra (after) requires the word before it to take the 'from' ending (-dan or -den). So öğleden sonra literally means 'after from noon', which is the Turkish way to say 'afternoon'.
The verb for 'to start' is başlamak. Why does it become başlıyor and not başlayor?
When a verb root ends in the vowels a or e (like başla-), adding the present continuous tense suffix -yor causes that vowel to narrow. Here, the a becomes ı, giving us başlıyor. This is a special rule for verbs ending in a vowel.
Why isn't there a suffix for 'in' attached to the time phrase?
While English says 'in the afternoon', Turkish treats öğleden sonra as a standalone time phrase. You do not need to add a location suffix like -da or -de to state when the event is happening.