Breakdown of Eniştem doktor, hastanede çalışıyor.
doktor
doctor
hastane
hospital
çalışmak
to work / to study
enişte
brother-in-law (sister's or aunt's husband)
Questions & Answers about Eniştem doktor, hastanede çalışıyor.
Why isn't there a word for "a" or "is" in "Eniştem doktor"?
In Turkish, you don't need a verb like "to be" for basic "he/she/it" sentences. Also, when stating someone's profession, you typically drop the word for "a" (bir). So instead of "My brother-in-law is a doctor," you simply say Eniştem doktor.
Is "enişte" the only word for brother-in-law?
No, Turkish is very specific with family trees! Enişte specifically means the husband of your sister or aunt. If you were talking about your spouse's brother, you would use kayınbirader. The -m at the end of eniştem is the possessive suffix meaning "my".
The English translation says "he works", so why does the Turkish use the "-ıyor" (is working) ending?
While English uses the simple present ("works") to describe someone's regular job, Turkish prefers the present continuous tense (-ıyor). You use it to show that working at the hospital is his current, ongoing situation in life, even if he is not actively working there right this second.
As a quick refresher, why does "hastane" (hospital) end with "-de" here?
The suffix -de is the locative case, which means "in", "on", or "at". Since he is doing the action (working) at a specific, stationary location, we use -de. If he were moving toward it (like going to the hospital), we would use the dative suffix -ye (hastaneye).
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