Learn Turkish: Eski bir romana göre, bu kara kehanet gerçekleşecekmiş. - According to an old novel, this dark prophecy will apparently come true.

It breaks down as the verb stem gerçekleş- (to come true) + -ecek (future tense) + -miş (inferential). Together, they mean 'will apparently come true' or 'is said to happen in the future.' Since the speaker is just relaying what the novel says rather than stating a guaranteed fact, they use -miş to show they are reporting information.

Why is the word order eski bir romana instead of bir eski romana?

In Turkish, when a noun has both an adjective and the indefinite article bir (a/an), the adjective usually comes first. The standard order is Adjective + bir + Noun, which is why it is literally 'old a novel.'

Why does the word roman (novel) have an -a at the end?

The word göre (according to) is a postposition that always requires the word before it to take the dative case, which uses the -e or -a suffix. Therefore, roman becomes romana to grammatically link with göre.

Can kara just be translated as the color black?

While kara literally means the color black, it is frequently used figuratively in Turkish to mean dark, sinister, or gloomy. In the context of a kehanet (prophecy), translating it as 'dark' captures this ominous feeling much better than 'black.'