Questions & Answers about Bugün yorgun görünüyorsun.
Wait, doesn't görmek mean "to see"? Why does it mean "to look" here?
You're thinking of görmek, which means "to see". The verb here is görünmek, which means "to look" or "to appear". In Turkish, adding an -n- into the middle of some verbs changes their meaning. So görüyorsun is "you see", but görünüyorsun is "you look".
Why is the present continuous tense (-yor) used instead of the simple present?
In English, we usually say "You look tired" using the simple present tense. In Turkish, when you are talking about how someone looks right at this very moment, you use the continuous -yor- tense. It literally translates more closely to "You are looking tired today".
Why is the personal ending -sun and not -sün in görünüyorsun?
The personal ending for "you" (-sun) follows the vowel harmony of the suffix right before it, which is -yor-. Because the vowel in -yor- is o, the 4-way vowel harmony rule requires the following vowel to be u, not ü.
Can I use görünüyorsun with other adjectives to say how someone looks?
Yes! You can put almost any descriptive word before görünüyorsun. For example, you could say mutlu görünüyorsun (you look happy) or hasta görünüyorsun (you look sick).
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