yağmur: rain and talking about wet weather

The idea

The noun yağmur means rain. Turkish commonly says yağmur yağıyor for it is raining, using the verb yağmak. Add locative -da for in the rain: yağmurda. Add ablative -dan for from the rain: yağmurdan. In yağmurdan sonra, the same form means after the rain.

Examples

• Bugün yağmur çok şiddetli.The rain is very heavy today.
• Yağmurdan sonra bahçeye çıktık.We went into the garden after the rain.
• Çocuklar yağmurda şarkı söylüyor.The children are singing in the rain.
• Akşam yağmur yağacak.It will rain in the evening.
• Yağmuru pencereden izledik.We watched the rain from the window.
• Yağmur bugün durdu.The rain stopped today.

Watch out

Do not replace yağmurdan with yağmurda after korumak when saying protect from the rain: the two endings express different relationships. The written ğ belongs to the stem; keep it in each form.

Try it yourself

1. Dışarıda ___ yağıyor. (yağmur)

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   yağmur

   yağmur: the noun is the subject of yağıyor in the expression for rain falling.

2. Şemsiyem bizi ___ koruyor. (yağmur)

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   yağmurdan

   yağmurdan: the ablative -dan identifies what the umbrella protects us from.

3. Biz ___ yürüdük. (yağmur)

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   yağmurda

   yağmurda: the locative -da places the walk in the rain.

Use it today

Describe today's weather, then write one sentence about walking in the rain and another about sheltering from it.