Questions & Answers about Bu kostüm sana çok yakışıyor.
Yakışıyor comes from the verb yakışmak, which means to suit, to look good on, or to be becoming to someone.
So Bu kostüm sana çok yakışıyor means something like:
- This costume suits you very well
- This costume looks great on you
It is commonly used for clothes, colors, hairstyles, accessories, and even some behaviors or roles.
Because yakışmak uses the dative case in Turkish.
- sen = you
- sana = to you / on you
With yakışmak, Turkish says something more like it suits to you rather than it suits you.
So:
- Bu kostüm sana yakışıyor = This costume suits you
Not:
- Bu kostüm seni yakışıyor ✘
A useful pattern to remember is:
- Bu bana yakışıyor = This suits me
- Bu sana yakışıyor = This suits you
- Bu ona yakışıyor = This suits him/her/it