Breakdown of Hava soğuktu, ne var ki yürüyüşe çıktık.
soğuk
cold
çıkmak
to go out / to leave / to exit / to break out / to arise (of a storm)
hava
weather
yürüyüş
walk / hike
ne var ki
however, and yet
Questions & Answers about Hava soğuktu, ne var ki yürüyüşe çıktık.
The lesson is about contrastive conjunctions like oysa and halbuki. How does ne var ki compare to them?
Ne var ki translates to however or and yet. It functions very similarly to oysa and halbuki by introducing an unexpected outcome. While ama (but) is an everyday word, ne var ki is a bit more emphatic and elevates your Turkish, highlighting the surprise that you went out despite the cold weather.
Why is the dative case used in yürüyüşe?
In Turkish, the verb çıkmak (to go out) takes the dative case (-a or -e) when expressing the purpose or destination of going out. Literally, you are saying we went out to the walk. So, yürüyüş (walk) takes the -e suffix to become yürüyüşe.
Could I use bununla birlikte here instead of ne var ki?
Yes! You could say Hava soğuktu, bununla birlikte yürüyüşe çıktık. Both are contrastive conjunctions. Bununla birlikte translates more closely to despite this or nevertheless, while ne var ki is closer to and yet, but both perfectly connect a negative situation (cold weather) with a contrasting action (going for a walk).
Just as a quick refresher, why is it soğuktu and not soğukdu?
This is a mix of consonant assimilation and vowel harmony. Because the word soğuk ends in the hard, voiceless consonant k, the past tense suffix must start with t rather than d. Then, to match the rounded back vowels in soğuk, the vowel in the suffix becomes u, resulting in soğuktu.
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