Word
O öğrenci, aynı zamanda öğretmen.
Meaning
He is a student, and at the same time a teacher.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of O öğrenci, aynı zamanda öğretmen.
öğretmen
teacher
öğrenci
student
aynı zamanda
at the same time, also
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Questions & Answers about O öğrenci, aynı zamanda öğretmen.
Why is there no word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, the "to be" verb (is/am/are) isn't a separate word. For the third person (he/she/it), you can just place the subject and the noun together. So, O öğrenci simply means "He is a student," and adding öğretmen at the end means he is a teacher, too.
How does the phrase aynı zamanda work?
Aynı means "same", zaman means "time", and -da is the "at/in/on" suffix. Put together, aynı zamanda translates literally to "at the same time." In sentences like this, it acts as a conjunction meaning "also" or "as well as" to connect two facts about someone.
Could O öğrenci also mean "That student"?
Yes, out of context, O öğrenci can mean "That student." However, the pause in speech (represented by the comma) shows us that O is acting as the subject pronoun "He" (or "She"). If it meant "That student," the sentence would translate to "That student is at the same time a teacher," which is possible but less common here.
Do I need to repeat the pronoun o before öğretmen?
No, you don't need to repeat it. Just like in English where we say "He is a student and also a teacher," Turkish lets you drop the second subject because it is already obvious who you are talking about.