Breakdown of Bu sene yılbaşı çarşamba günü.
bu
this
gün
day
çarşamba
Wednesday
yılbaşı
New Year
sene
year (= yıl)
Questions & Answers about Bu sene yılbaşı çarşamba günü.
What does yılbaşı literally mean?
It translates to "the head of the year." It is a combination of yıl (year) and baş (head or beginning), linked together by the compound noun suffix -ı.
Both sene and yıl mean "year". Why use sene here, and are they different?
They are exact synonyms, so you can use either one! Yıl is a native Turkish word, while sene comes from Arabic. Saying bu yıl (this year) instead of bu sene would be perfectly correct and means the exact same thing.
Why is it çarşamba günü and not just çarşamba?
In Turkish, days of the week are very often paired with the word gün (day). You could just say çarşamba, but adding günü (literally "Wednesday day") is the most natural way to talk about a specific day of the week.
Why does gün have a -ü at the end in this sentence?
This is because of Turkish compound noun rules. When you put two nouns together to make a single new concept (like "Wednesday" and "day"), the second word gets a possessive suffix. Since gün has the vowel "ü", it takes the suffix -ü according to 4-way vowel harmony.
Why is there no word for "is" or "on" in the Turkish sentence?
The Turkish sentence literally reads "This year New Year's [is] Wednesday day." In Turkish, the word "is" is simply implied in the present tense for "it". Also, when stating what day an event falls on, you do not need a preposition like "on" as we do in English.
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