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Sonbahar ve kış yağmurlu.

Sonbahar ve kış yağmurlu.
Autumn and winter are rainy.
From Lesson 57:Months of the year·Turkish

Breakdown of Sonbahar ve kış yağmurlu.

ve
and
kış
winter
sonbahar
autumn

Questions & Answers about Sonbahar ve kış yağmurlu.

Does sonbahar literally mean "last spring"?
Yes! It is made of son (last or end) and bahar (spring). The word for spring is ilkbahar (first spring), making autumn the "last spring" of the year.
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
There isn't one! In simple descriptive sentences like this, Turkish doesn't use a verb for "is" or "are". Placing the adjective yağmurlu at the end of the sentence is enough to mean "are rainy".
What does the -lu suffix do in yağmurlu?
It turns a noun into an adjective meaning "with" or "having" that thing. Here, yağmur means "rain", so adding -lu creates yağmurlu, meaning "rainy" (literally "with rain").
Since "autumn and winter" are two things, shouldn't yağmurlu have a plural suffix?
No, and this is a great rule to remember! In Turkish, when a plural subject is not human (like seasons, animals, or objects), the verb or describing word at the end usually stays in the singular form.

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