Questions & Answers about İçimde kötü bir his var.
Why does this sentence use içimde (inside me) instead of bende for 'I have'?
While bende ... var is the standard way to say 'I have' for physical objects or general possession, Turkish often places emotions and intuitions 'inside' the person. Using içimde emphasizes that this is a deep, internal gut feeling rather than just something you happen to possess.
Why is the word order kötü bir his instead of bir kötü his?
This is a quick refresher on word order: in Turkish, when an adjective modifies a noun with the indefinite article bir, the adjective comes first. It is always [Adjective] + bir + [Noun]. Saying bir kötü his sounds unnatural to native speakers.
The word his means 'feeling.' Does it change if I add a suffix?
Yes! Because his is a loanword from Arabic, its final consonant doubles when a vowel suffix is attached. For example, if you wanted to say 'my feeling,' it becomes hissim (not hisim). In this sentence, it stays as his because it is in its bare form without suffixes.
Could I say Kötü bir his hissediyorum (I am feeling a bad feeling) instead of using var?
You could be understood, but it sounds very clunky because the noun his and the verb hissetmek share the exact same root. Using the existential var with içimde is the most natural and common way to express a premonition or gut feeling.