Learn Turkish: Gökyüzü kapkaranlık, havanın düzeleceği yok. - The sky is pitch black, the weather has no intention of improving.

This relies on the core structure of this lesson: Verb + -(y)AcAk (future participle) + possessive suffix + yok. Literally, it means "its future-improving does not exist." In Turkish, this pattern is highly idiomatic and strongly expresses that someone or something shows absolutely no sign, likelihood, or intention of doing the action.

Why is hava (weather) in the genitive case as havanın?

Because it is part of a possessive connection with düzeleceği. The word düzel- takes the future suffix -ecek (where the k softens to ğ) and the 3rd-person possessive suffix -i (literally "its future-improving"). To grammatically link "the weather" to this noun phrase, we must use the genitive suffix -nın, creating havanın düzeleceği.

"Intention" usually applies to people. Is it natural to use this structure for inanimate things like the weather?

Yes, absolutely! While we translate it as "has no intention of" to capture the strong sense of refusal, using it for inanimate objects is a common, slight personification. For the weather, it practically means "it shows zero signs of improving" or "it is definitely not going to improve."

What kind of word is kapkaranlık?