uçuyor

Uçuyor is a Turkish verb form meaning “is flying” or “flies.” It represents the third-person singular present continuous (present progressive) form of the verb uçmak, which means to fly. In Turkish, the present continuous is built with the suffix -yor, and due to vowel harmony, it appears as -uyor after stems ending in a back rounded vowel like u, o, or ı. Therefore, the form uçuyor consists of the stem uç- plus the present continuous suffix -uyor; no additional personal ending is added for the third person singular.

Usage of uçuyor indicates an action that is happening at the moment of speaking. Turkish does not require a separate verb for “to be” in the present tense; the present continuous aspect is expressed by the -yor suffix, with subject information supplied by pronouns or inferred from context. For other persons, the same present continuous pattern is used with person endings: I am flying is uçuyorum, you are flying is uçuyorsun, we are flying is uçuyoruz, you (plural) are flying is uçuyorsunuz, they are flying is uçuyorlar.

Etymology and related forms: uçuyor comes from uçmak (to fly) with the root uç- plus the present continuous suffix -iyor. Related forms include past tense uçtu (flew) and future uçacak (will fly). The verb participates in Turkish’s regular conjugation patterns for tense and aspect, with consonant changes limited to standard vowel harmony rules.

In summary, uçuyor is the standard Turkish present continuous form used to describe ongoing flight activity by a third-person subject, and it follows the general Turkish pattern for -yor constructions.