Palamar çok kalın.

The mooring line is very thick.

Breakdown of Palamar çok kalın.

• çok: very
• kalın: thick
• palamar: a mooring line

Questions & Answers about Palamar çok kalın.

What does each word in Palamar çok kalın do?

• palamar = a mooring rope / hawser; a nautical term
• çok = very here
• kalın = thick

So grammatically, this is:

• palamar = subject/topic
• çok kalın = predicate adjective phrase, meaning very thick

Literally, it is something like The mooring rope [is] very thick.

Why is there no word for is in the sentence?

In Turkish, in the present tense, sentences with nouns or adjectives often do not use an overt word for is / am / are.

So:

• Palamar çok kalın. = The mooring rope is very thick.

This is called a nominal sentence or equational sentence. Turkish simply leaves the present-tense copula unspoken in sentences like this.

Compare:

• Hava soğuk. = The weather is cold.
• Ev büyük. = The house is big.

English needs is, but Turkish often does not.

Why is çok translated as very here, not much?