Kek taze.

The cake is fresh.

Breakdown of Kek taze.

• olmak: to be
• taze: fresh
• kek: the cake

Questions & Answers about Kek taze.

Why is there no verb is in Kek taze?

In Turkish, the present‐tense copula (“to be” in 3rd person) is usually omitted in simple nominal sentences. You don’t need a separate word for is. Kek taze simply means The cake is fresh without inserting a verb.

If Turkish adjectives usually come before nouns, why is taze after kek here?

When you use an adjective attributively (modifying a noun), it precedes: taze kek means fresh cake. But in predicative position (after a copula or when the copula is dropped), the adjective follows the noun: Kek taze means The cake is fresh.

Could I say Taze kek to mean “The cake is fresh”?

No, Taze kek on its own is just a noun phrase meaning fresh cake (like a label or menu item). To make a complete sentence meaning The cake is fresh, you need the predicative structure Kek taze.

How would I ask “Is the cake fresh?” in Turkish?

You add the question particle mi after the adjective and before punctuation:
Kek taze mi?
Note that mi is written separately and doesn’t change form.