Learn Hardcore Turkish: Sos çok lezzetli. - The sauce is very delicious.

Turkish often omits the present-tense copula (the equivalent of is/am/are) in simple descriptive sentences. You could add the formal suffix -dir to get Sos çok lezzetlidir, but in everyday speech you simply say Sos çok lezzetli to mean The sauce is very tasty.

What does çok mean and why is it placed before lezzetli?

çok means very or much. As an adverb of degree, it typically precedes the adjective it modifies. So çok lezzetli literally means very tasty.

How is the adjective lezzetli formed?

lezzetli comes from the noun lezzet (meaning taste or flavor) plus the adjective-forming suffix -li, which means having or with. Altogether, lezzetli = having flavor → tasty.

Why aren’t there any articles like a, an or the in Sos çok lezzetli?

Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles, so nouns stand alone. If you want to say this sauce, add the demonstrative bu: Bu sos çok lezzetli.

How would you ask Is the sauce very tasty? in Turkish?

Add the question particle -mi (with vowel harmony) after lezzetli: Sos çok lezzetli mi? For a more formal or general-truth question, you can also use -dir: Sos çok lezzetli midir?

What is the function of the suffix -dir, and why isn’t it used in the original sentence?

The suffix -dir is a formal copula and evidential marker used to state general truths or add formality (e.g. Sos çok lezzetlidir). In casual speech, it’s usually dropped, leaving a zero-copula structure: Sos çok lezzetli.

How do you make sos plural to say The sauces are very tasty?

To pluralize, add -lar or -ler according to vowel harmony. sos takes -lar, giving soslar. So Soslar çok lezzetli = The sauces are very tasty (or Sauces are very tasty). You can also say the formal version: Soslar çok lezzetlidir.