Kitap bin sayfa.

the book

Breakdown of Kitap bin sayfa.

• sayfa: the page
• bin: one thousand

Questions & Answers about Kitap bin sayfa.

Why is there no verb in Kitap bin sayfa?

Because Turkish often leaves out to be in the present tense, especially in the 3rd person.

So:

• Kitap bin sayfa. = The book is a thousand pages.

There is an understood is/are meaning, but no separate word is needed.

If you want to make the copula more explicit or more formal, you can add -dır:

• Kitap bin sayfadır.

That sounds more formal or written.

Why is sayfa singular after bin?

In Turkish, nouns usually stay singular after numbers.

So you say:

• bir sayfa = one page
• iki sayfa = two pages
• on sayfa = ten pages
• bin sayfa = a thousand pages

Unlike English, Turkish does not normally say bin sayfalar here.

This is a very important pattern:

• üç kitap = three books
• beş öğrenci = five students
• yirmi yıl = twenty years

What exactly does bin mean?