Questions & Answers about Bu sene kış çok soğuk.
I learned yıl means "year". Why is sene used here?
Both sene and yıl mean "year" and are completely interchangeable. Sene is originally from Arabic, while yıl is Turkic. You will hear Turkish speakers use both often, so saying bu yıl would also be perfectly correct here.
Why is there no word for "is" at the end of the sentence?
In Turkish, "to be" (like am, is, or are) is usually added as a suffix to the end of the final word. However, for the "it" form (third person singular), this suffix is almost always left off. Because of this rule, the word soğuk alone acts as "is cold".
Why doesn't sene have a time suffix, like "in this year"?
Just like in English where we simply say "this year" instead of "in this year", Turkish uses the phrase bu sene to show when something happens without needing to add a location suffix like -de or -da.
Since this lesson covers the calendar, which months make up the kış (winter) season?
The winter months in Turkey are December (Aralık), January (Ocak), and February (Şubat).
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