Questions & Answers about Elbette geliyorum.
Where is the word for "I" in this sentence?
In Turkish, you usually drop the subject pronoun like ben (I) because the ending on the verb already tells you who is doing the action. Here, the -um at the end of geliyorum means "I", so adding ben is not necessary unless you want to add extra emphasis.
How do you break down the verb geliyorum?
It comes from the dictionary verb gelmek (to come). We remove -mek to get the root gel. Then we add -i (a connecting vowel), -yor (the present continuous suffix meaning "am doing" or "-ing"), and -um (the personal ending for "I"). Put together: gel + i + yor + um.
Why did we use -i- as the connecting vowel in geliyorum?
When a verb root ends in a consonant, like gel, you need a vowel to connect it to the -yor suffix. Turkish uses four-way vowel harmony to choose this vowel. Since the last vowel in gel is e, the harmony rules tell us to use i.
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