Bu iş gayet kolay.

this

Breakdown of Bu iş gayet kolay.

• kolay: easy
• iş: the task
• gayet: quite; fairly

Questions & Answers about Bu iş gayet kolay.

Why is there no word for is in Bu iş gayet kolay?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often omitted in simple present-tense statements.

So Bu iş gayet kolay is literally something like:

• Bu = this
• iş = work / task / job
• gayet = quite / fairly / very
• kolay = easy

Turkish does not need a separate word for is here. The sentence naturally means This task is quite easy or This job is very easy, depending on context.

If you wanted to make it past tense, Turkish would show the to be idea more clearly:

• Bu iş gayet kolaydı = This task was quite easy.

What does bu do here?

Bu means this.

It points to something near the speaker, either physically or in the conversation. In Bu iş gayet kolay, it modifies iş, so together bu iş means this job / this work / this task / this matter.

It works much like English this before a noun:

• bu kitap = this book
• bu ev = this house
• bu iş = this job / this task

What exactly does iş mean in this sentence?