Konuşma biçimi güzel.

to be

Breakdown of Konuşma biçimi güzel.

• güzel: nice
• biçim: the way

Questions & Answers about Konuşma biçimi güzel.

Is the -ma in konuşma the negative suffix?

No. In this sentence, -ma is not negative.

Turkish has two different suffixes that look the same:

• -ma / -me for negation
• -ma / -me for making a verbal noun or action noun

Here, konuşma means speaking / speech / the act of speaking.

So:

• konuşmak = to speak
• konuşma = speaking, speech

If it were negative, it would mean something like not speaking, but that does not fit this sentence.

Why is it konuşma and not konuşmak?

Because Turkish usually wants a noun-like form before another noun in this kind of phrase.

• konuşmak = to speak (dictionary form, infinitive)
• konuşma = speaking / speech (noun form)

In English, we often use to speak or speaking in different places. Turkish does something similar, but here konuşma works better because it behaves like a noun and can combine with biçimi.

So konuşma biçimi is like:

• speaking style
• manner of speaking
• way of speaking