Breakdown of Bende grip var, evde dinleniyorum.
ev
house
ben
I
var
there is / existent
dinlenmek
to rest
grip
flu
Questions & Answers about Bende grip var, evde dinleniyorum.
Why is it Bende grip var instead of Benim gribim var?
When talking about temporary conditions like a cold or the flu, Turkish often uses the locative case (-de / -da) plus var (literally 'at me there is flu'). You might also hear Benim gribim var using the possessive, but Bende grip var is very natural and common for a passing illness.
What is the root of the verb dinleniyorum?
The root is dinlenmek (to rest). To form the present continuous, we drop the -mek, leaving dinlen-. Because it ends in a consonant, we add the matching four-way buffer vowel (i) before the -yor suffix, and finally the first-person ending -um.
Is dinlenmek (to rest) related to dinlemek (to listen)?
Yes! Dinlemek means to listen. Adding the suffix -n makes it dinlenmek. It originally carried the poetic meaning of 'listening to oneself' or taking a quiet moment, which over time became the standard word for resting or relaxing.
Why isn't there a subject pronoun like Ben at the beginning of the second clause?
Turkish drops pronouns when the verb ending already makes the subject clear. The -um at the end of dinleniyorum tells us it is 'I' who is resting. Adding Ben (Ben evde dinleniyorum) would sound a bit repetitive unless you specifically wanted to emphasize that you are resting while someone else is not.
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