How to Ask “How is your father” in Turkish

How to Ask “How is your father” in Turkish?

Turkish Grammar Explained: Talking About “Baba” (Father)

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🇹🇷 Türkçe	🔤 Heceleme	🗣️ İngilizce	📚 Grammar & Meaning
BABA	ba-ba	FATHER	The core word for “father”. It’s a noun.
Baban nasıl?	ba-ban na-sıl?	How is your father?	`Baban` (Your father) + `nasıl` (how). This is a common question about state/condition.
Babam iyi.	ba-bam i-yi.	My father is good/well.	`Babam` (My father) + `iyi` (good). This is a simple subject-adjective sentence. No Turkish verb “is” (to be) is used in the present tense.
Baban ne iş yapıyor?	ba-ban ne iş ya-pı-yor?	What job does your father do?	`Baban` (Your father) + `ne iş` (what job) + `yapıyor` (he/she/it does). `Yapmak` (to do/make) is the verb. `-yor` is the present continuous suffix.
Babam öğretmen.	ba-bam öğ-ret-men.	My father is a teacher.	`Babam` (My father) + `öğretmen` (teacher). This is another noun predicate sentence. The “is” is hidden.
Babam öğretmendi.	ba-bam öğ-ret-men-di.	My father was a teacher.	`Babam` (My father) + `öğretmen` (teacher) + `-di` (past tense suffix for “was”). The `-di` suffix is added to the noun to indicate past tense.
Baban kaç yaşında?	ba-ban kaç ya-şın-da?	How old is your father?	`Baban` (Your father) + `kaç` (how many) + `yaşında` (at the age of). Literally: “At how many years is your father?”
Babam 64 yaşında.	ba-bam al-tmış dört ya-şın-da.	My father is 64 years old.	`Babam` (My father) + `64` (`altmış dört`) + `yaşında` (at the age of). The structure `[Number] yaşında` is used to state age.
60 altmış	alt-mış	60 sixty	The number 60.
4 dört	dört	4 four	The number 4.
Baban geçen sene kaç yaşındaydı?	ba-ban ge-çen se-ne kaç ya-şın-day-dı?	How old was your father last year?	`Baban` (Your father) + `geçen sene` (last year) + `kaç yaşındaydı` (how old was he). `Yaşındaydı` = `yaşında` (at age) + `-ydı` (he/she/it was).
geçen	ge-çen	last / past	An adjective meaning “past” or “last”.
sene / yıl	se-ne / yıl	year	Two common words for “year”. `Yıl` is more common in daily speech.
Babam geçen sene 63 yaşındaydı.	ba-bam ge-çen se-ne al-tmış üç ya-şın-day-dı.	My father was 63 years old last year.	`Babam` (My father) + `geçen sene` (last year) + `63` (`altmış üç`) + `yaşındaydı` (he was at the age of).
Bu sene 64 yaşında.	bu se-ne al-tmış dört ya-şın-da.	This year (he) is 64 years old.	`Bu sene` (This year) + `64 yaşında` (is 64 years old). The subject “he” (`o`) and the verb “is” are implied from the previous sentence and are not said.

💡How to Ask “How is your father” in Turkish

Turkish Grammar Notes:

Possession (My/Your/His): Turkish uses possessive suffixes. Baba-m (my father), Baba-n (your father), Baba-sı (his/her father).
The Verb “To Be”: In the present tense, the verb “to be” (is/are/am) is not used. It’s implied. In the past tense, it becomes a suffix (-di, -dı, -du, -dü).
Asking Age: The question Kaç yaşındasın? (How old are you?) uses the structure [Number] yaşındayım (I am at the age of [number]).

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