Gazoz soğuk.

The soda is cold.

Breakdown of Gazoz soğuk.

• olmak: to be
• soğuk: cold
• gazoz: the soda

Questions & Answers about Gazoz soğuk.

Why isn’t there an article like the or a before gazoz?

Turkish has no separate words for English a or the. A bare noun can be interpreted as definite or indefinite by context. If you want to force “a,” you add bir:
• Bir gazoz soğuk. = “A soda is cold.”
Or within a noun phrase: Soğuk bir gazoz = “a cold soda.”

Why doesn’t Gazoz soğuk include the verb is?

In present-tense nominal or adjectival sentences, Turkish uses a “zero copula” – the verb to be simply disappears. You get “Soda cold,” but it’s understood as “The soda is cold.”

Earlier we learned adjectives come before nouns (e.g. büyük ev). Why is soğuk after gazoz here?

There’s a difference between attributive and predicative adjectives:
• Attributive (inside the noun phrase): adjective + noun → soğuk gazoz (“cold soda,” describing a thing)
• Predicative (as a comment): noun + adjective → Gazoz soğuk (“The soda is cold,” stating a property)

How do I ask “Is the soda cold?”

Add the question particle mu (with vowel harmony) after the adjective and raise your intonation:
• Gazoz soğuk mu? = “Is the soda cold?”

How do I make the sentence negative?

Use değil (“not”) after the adjective:
• Gazoz soğuk değil. = “The soda is not cold.”

How would I say “I want a cold soda”?

Turn it into S-O-V word order, put the adjective before the noun, add bir for “a,” and use istiyorum (“I want”):
• Soğuk bir gazoz istiyorum.

How do you pronounce the ğ in soğuk?

The letter ğ (yumuşak ge) has no independent sound. It lengthens the preceding vowel. So soğuk sounds roughly like soo-uk, with a long o and no hard g.

What exactly is gazoz? Is it the same as soda or kola?

Gazoz is any fizzy soft drink in Turkey, often fruit-flavored (lemon, cherry, etc.). Kola usually refers specifically to cola-flavored drinks (like Coca-Cola). People sometimes use gazoz more generally for all carbonated beverages.

Can I add a suffix like -tur to make the statement more formal?

Yes. Attaching -tur (a variant of -dir) makes it a general or formal statement:
• Gazoz soğuktur. = “Soda is cold.” (neutral/formal)