Breakdown of İki arkadaş dün kavga etti ama bugün barışıyormuş.
arkadaş
friend
iki
two
bugün
today
ama
but
dün
yesterday
kavga etmek
to argue (quarrel, fight)
barışmak
to reconcile / to make peace
Questions & Answers about İki arkadaş dün kavga etti ama bugün barışıyormuş.
How does barışıyormuş give the meaning of "I hear they are reconciling"?
This verb combines two important suffixes. The root is barış- (to make peace/reconcile). First, we add the present continuous suffix -ıyor (are reconciling). Then, we add the inferential suffix -muş. Adding -muş tells the listener that you didn't witness it yourself, but rather you heard about it or gathered it from context. So, barışıyormuş means "I hear/apparently they are reconciling."
Why is the plural suffix missing in İki arkadaş? Shouldn't it be arkadaşlar?
In Turkish, whenever you use a number or a quantity word before a noun (like iki for "two"), the noun must stay in its singular form. Saying iki arkadaşlar is grammatically incorrect, so it must be iki arkadaş.
If the subject is "two friends" (plural), why doesn't the verb barışıyormuş have a plural suffix (-lar) at the end?
Because the subject (İki arkadaş) already includes a number making it clear we are talking about more than one person, adding the plural suffix -lar to the verb (making it barışıyormuşlar) is optional. In fact, it is very common and natural to leave the verb in the singular form in these cases.
Why does "fought" translate to two words (kavga etti)?
Many actions in Turkish are expressed using a compound verb, which pairs a noun with a helper verb like etmek (to do/make) or yapmak. Kavga means "a physical fight" or "an argument", so kavga etti literally means "did a fight".
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