Pizza dilimindeki taze domates sosu lezzetliydi, makarnanın kıvamı ise tam yerindeydi.

The word dilimindeki breaks down as:

1. dilim (slice)
2. -de (locative case, “in/on”)
3. -ki (relative/attributive suffix, “which is”)

Combined, dilimindeki means “which is in/on the slice.” So Pizza dilimindeki = “on the pizza slice.”

Turkish shows possession by adding a suffix to the possessed noun. Here: • sos (sauce) • -u (3rd person singular possessive, “its”)

So sosu literally means “its sauce” – i.e. “the sauce of that slice.”

Turkish orders modifiers before the noun:

1. taze (adjective “fresh”)
2. domates (noun “tomato,” used attributively)
3. sosu (“its sauce”)

Altogether taze domates sosu = “fresh tomato sauce.”

• lezzetli (adjective “delicious/tasty”) • -ydi (past-tense suffix for adjectives, “was”)

So lezzetliydi = “it was delicious.”

Turkish marks a possessor and a possessed noun separately:

1. makarna (pasta)
2. -nın (genitive case, “of the” → “of the pasta”)
3. kıvam (“consistency”)
4. -ı (3rd person singular possessive, “its consistency”)

Hence makarnanın kıvamı = “the pasta’s consistency.”

• tam (“exactly” or “completely”) • yerinde (“in its place” – yer = place + -in­de = locative) • -ydi (past-tense suffix)

Literally “it was exactly in place,” i.e. “it was just right.”