Fatura doksan lira.

The bill is ninety lira.

Breakdown of Fatura doksan lira.

• fatura: the bill
• lira: the lira (Turkish currency unit)
• doksan: ninety

Questions & Answers about Fatura doksan lira.

Why is there no word for is in Fatura doksan lira?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often left out in the present tense when you are making a simple statement.

So:

• Fatura doksan lira. = The bill is ninety lira.

This is completely normal Turkish.
English needs is, but Turkish usually does not in this kind of sentence.

If you want a more formal or emphatic version, you can say:

• Fatura doksan liradır.

Here, -dır adds a more formal is sense, but in everyday speech it is often omitted.

Why is the word order Fatura doksan lira?

This is a very natural Turkish sentence order for a simple equational statement:

• Fatura = the bill
• doksan lira = ninety lira

So the structure is basically:

• [subject] + [predicate]

That gives:

• Fatura doksan lira.
• literally: The bill ninety lira.

Turkish often puts the thing being talked about first, then gives the information about it.

Why is it lira, not liralar, after doksan?