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Questions & Answers about Çalışkan fakat yorgun.
The lesson is about ama (but). Why does this sentence use fakat?
Fakat is just another word for "but." It means the exact same thing as ama and they are completely interchangeable in sentences like this. Ama is slightly more common in casual, daily conversation, while fakat sounds a little more formal, but you will hear both often.
Where are the words for "He" and "is" in this sentence?
Turkish frequently drops the subject "he/she/it" (o) when it is understood from context. Also, in the simple present tense, the "is" part of the sentence requires no suffix for the "he/she/it" form. Therefore, just saying the adjectives is enough to mean "He is..."
The translation says "He is hard-working". Could this also mean "She is"?
Yes, absolutely! Turkish does not have grammatical gender. Because there is no "he" or "she" built into the sentence, this could easily translate to "She is hard-working but tired" or even "It is hard-working but tired," depending entirely on who or what you are talking about.
Does çalışkan have anything to do with the verb çalışmak (to work/study)?
Yes, it does! You can often recognize related words in Turkish because they share a root. Here, the verb root çalış- (work) gets a suffix (-kan) that turns it into an adjective describing a habit or trait. So, someone who has the habit of working is hard-working (çalışkan).