Word
Kardeşin âşık olmuş mu?
Meaning
Has your sibling fallen in love?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Kardeşin âşık olmuş mu?
kardeş
sibling
mi
question particle (also mı/mu/mü)
olmak
to become
âşık
in love
Questions & Answers about Kardeşin âşık olmuş mu?
Why does this sentence use olmuş mu instead of the regular past tense oldu mu?
The suffix -muş is the inferential or reported past tense. You use it when asking about something you didn't witness yourself, which makes it perfect for gossip or catching up on news! If you asked Kardeşin âşık oldu mu?, it would sound like a direct question about a known event. Using olmuş mu? is more like asking if the rumor is true or if they ended up falling in love.
How does âşık olmuş translate to fallen in love?
The word âşık is an adjective meaning in love. To express the action of falling in love, Turkish pairs it with the helper verb olmak (to become). So, âşık olmak literally translates to becoming in love.
Where is the word for your in this sentence?
It is built directly into the word kardeşin. The root is kardeş (sibling), and the -in suffix is the possessive ending for your. You could technically say senin kardeşin, but dropping the pronoun senin is much more natural in Turkish.
What is the hat symbol over the a in âşık?
That is a circumflex, known as a şapka (hat) in Turkish. It tells you to pronounce the vowel slightly longer and softer. It is especially useful here because it visually distinguishes âşık (in love) from the word aşık, which means an ankle bone!