Existence: Var & Yok
A1ุงููุฌูุฏ: Var ู Yok
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English Explanation
Turkish uses **var** (there is/exists) and **yok** (there isn't/doesn't exist) instead of the verb "to have" in many cases.
**Possession pattern:** Noun + possessive suffix + var/yok
- Arabam var. = I have a car. (lit: "My car exists")
- Param yok. = I don't have money. (lit: "My money doesn't exist")
**Existence pattern:** Location + noun + var/yok
- Evde su var. = There is water at home.
- Okulda kimse yok. = There is nobody at school.
**Question:** Add mฤฑ/mi:
- Suyun var mฤฑ? = Do you have water?
๐ธ๐ฆ
ุงูุดุฑุญ ุจุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ
ุชุณุชุฎุฏู
ุงูุชุฑููุฉ **var** (ููุฌุฏ) ู **yok** (ูุง ููุฌุฏ) ุจุฏูุงู ู
ู ูุนู "ูู
ูู" ูู ูุซูุฑ ู
ู ุงูุญุงูุงุช.
**ูู
ุท ุงูู
ูููุฉ:** ุงุณู
+ ูุงุญูุฉ ุงูู
ูููุฉ + var/yok
- Arabam var. = ูุฏู ุณูุงุฑุฉ (ุญุฑููุงู: "ุณูุงุฑุชู ู
ูุฌูุฏุฉ")
- Param yok. = ููุณ ูุฏู ู
ุงู (ุญุฑููุงู: "ู
ุงูู ุบูุฑ ู
ูุฌูุฏ")
**ูู
ุท ุงููุฌูุฏ:** ู
ูุงู + ุงุณู
+ var/yok
- Evde su var. = ููุฌุฏ ู
ุงุก ูู ุงูุจูุช
- Okulda kimse yok. = ูุง ููุฌุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ูู ุงูู
ุฏุฑุณุฉ
๐ฌ Example Sentences
Evde kimse yok.
๐ฌ๐ง There is nobody at home.
๐ธ๐ฆ ูุง ููุฌุฏ ุฃุญุฏ ูู ุงูุจูุช.