Word
Bu şarkı büyük bir aşkı anlatıyor.
Meaning
This song tells of a great love.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Questions & Answers about Bu şarkı büyük bir aşkı anlatıyor.
Why does aşkı have the accusative case marker -ı if it also uses the indefinite article bir?
Usually, an object with bir (a/an) doesn't take the accusative case because it isn't a specific, known item. However, Turkish uses bir + accusative to mean 'a specific but unnamed' thing. The song isn't just about love in general; it describes a certain great love story, so it takes the accusative.
Why is the word order büyük bir aşkı instead of bir büyük aşkı?
In Turkish, the standard word order for 'a/an + adjective + noun' places bir right before the noun, after the adjective: Adjective + bir + Noun. If you put it at the start (bir büyük aşk), the word bir acts more like the number 'one' ('one great love').
The translation says 'tells of', but doesn't anlatmak mean 'to explain'?
Yes, anlatmak does mean 'to explain', but its usage is much broader in Turkish. It is the go-to verb for saying what a book, movie, or song is about, or for 'telling' a story. When a piece of media 'tells of' or 'depicts' a subject, Turkish makes that subject the direct object of anlatmak.
How could I use this lesson's conjunctions (üstelik or ayrıca) to continue this thought?