Hamur yumuşak.

to be

Breakdown of Hamur yumuşak.

• yumuşak: soft
• hamur: the dough

Questions & Answers about Hamur yumuşak.

Why isn't there a verb to be in the sentence Hamur yumuşak?

In Turkish, the present-tense copula (is/am/are) is normally dropped in descriptive sentences. You simply state the subject and the adjective together. Thus Hamur yumuşak literally conveys the dough is soft without needing a separate verb.

Why doesn't hamur have an article like the or a?

Turkish has no direct equivalents of the or a. Definiteness is inferred from context. If you want to specify a dough you can say bir hamur, and for this dough you can say bu hamur.

What case is hamur in, and why doesn’t it take any suffix?

Here hamur is the subject (nominative case), which in Turkish carries a zero ending in simple statements. Only objects or other roles get visible case suffixes.

Could I say yumuşak hamur instead of Hamur yumuşak?

Yumuşak hamur is a noun phrase meaning soft dough, not a full sentence. To state the dough is soft, you use Hamur yumuşak (subject + predicate adjective).

Why doesn’t have any tense or agreement suffix?