Questions & Answers about Bugün hava serin.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for "is". For the present tense (he, she, or it is), you usually don't need to add any ending at all. So, hava serin literally just means "weather cool", which translates to "the weather is cool".
How would I say "The weather was cool" using this lesson's past tense grammar?
You would add the past tense suffix -di directly to the adjective. Because serin ends in a consonant and its last vowel is 'i', vowel harmony dictates we use -di, making it serindi (was cool). To say "Yesterday the weather was cool", you would say Dün hava serindi.
Does bugün literally mean "this day"?
Yes! It is a combination of bu (this) and gün (day). In Turkish, these two words merged into the single word bugün to mean "today".
Does hava mean "air" or "weather"?
It means both! Depending on the context, hava can mean "air", "weather", or "atmosphere". Here, since we are describing it as cool (serin), it clearly means "weather".
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