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Yine yağmur yağıyor.

Yine yağmur yağıyor.
It is raining again.
From Lesson 122:Hedging and giving examples·Turkish

Breakdown of Yine yağmur yağıyor.

yağmur
rain
yağmak
to rain / to snow
yine
again

Questions & Answers about Yine yağmur yağıyor.

Why does this sentence use both yağmur and yağıyor to say 'it is raining'?
In Turkish, you cannot just say 'it is raining' using a pronoun like in English. Instead, you say the literal phrase 'rain is raining' or 'rain is falling'. Yağmur is the noun for 'rain' and yağıyor is the verb for precipitation falling from the sky (from the root yağmak).
Could I just say Yine yağıyor without the word yağmur?
Yes, but usually only if it is already obvious from the context that you are talking about rain. Because the verb yağmak is used for any kind of precipitation, if you just say Yine yağıyor, someone might not know if you mean rain, snow (kar), or hail (dolu).
How does the spelling of yağıyor work with vowel harmony?
The verb is in the present continuous tense, which uses the suffix -yor to show an action happening right now. The verb root is yağ-. Because it ends in a consonant, we need a buffer vowel before adding -yor. Following 4-way vowel harmony rules, the 'a' in yağ- dictates that the buffer vowel must be 'ı', giving us yağıyor.

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