Word
Basketbol maçı yarın akşam.
Meaning
The basketball match is tomorrow evening.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Basketbol maçı yarın akşam.
yarın
tomorrow
akşam
evening
maç
match / game (sports)
basketbol
basketball
Questions & Answers about Basketbol maçı yarın akşam.
How would I ask "When is the basketball match?" using this lesson's question word?
You simply replace the time phrase (yarın akşam) with the question word ne zaman (when). The question is just: Basketbol maçı ne zaman?
Why is there an -ı at the end of maçı?
In Turkish, when you put two nouns together to make a specific type of thing (a noun compound), the second word needs a suffix to link them. To say "basketball match", you take basketbol and maç, and add the possessive suffix -ı to the second word, making basketbol maçı.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for "is". While there is an "is" suffix (-dır or -dir), it is usually dropped in everyday spoken Turkish for simple facts. Just saying Basketbol maçı yarın akşam perfectly translates to "The basketball match is tomorrow evening."
Why isn't there a time suffix like -da or -de (at/on) on akşam?
General time words like yarın (tomorrow), bugün (today), and parts of the day like akşam (evening) generally do not need a time suffix when stating when something happens. You can just use the plain words.