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Questions & Answers about Karışım homojen.
Why is there no is (to be) in Karışım homojen?
In Turkish, simple nominal sentences in the present tense often drop the copula. The meaning “the mixture is homogeneous” is fully understood without an explicit olmak (“to be”). This is called the null copula.
Can I add a suffix to make it more formal, like Karışım homojendir?
Yes. Adding -dir (resulting in Karışım homojendir)
- makes it sound more formal or academic,
- is common in written scientific or technical texts,
- but in everyday speech you’d usually say just Karışım homojen.
Why isn’t there an article like a or the before karışım?
Turkish has no indefinite or definite articles equivalent to English a or the. The noun karışım by itself can mean “a mixture” or “the mixture” depending on context.
What case are karışım and homojen in?
Both are in the nominative case (the basic form). In nominal predication, subject and predicate noun/adjective stay in the nominative:
- karışım = “mixture” (subject)
- homojen = “homogeneous” (predicate adjective)
Why does the adjective come after the noun here, when I usually see adjectives before nouns in Turkish?
When an adjective modifies a noun attributively, it precedes the noun (e.g. homojen karışım = “homogeneous mixture”). But in a predicate (after a form of olmak or with null copula), the adjective follows the subject:
- Attributive: homojen karışım
- Predicative: Karışım homojen
How would I turn Karışım homojen into a question?
You insert the question particle mi after the predicate adjective, adjusting for vowel harmony (here mi stays as mi):
- Karışım homojen mi?
This literally means “Is the mixture homogeneous?”
Why doesn’t homojen follow Turkish vowel harmony rules?
Homojen is a loanword (from French homogène). Loanwords often keep their original vowels or consonants, so they may not conform fully to Turkish vowel or consonant harmony.
How do I pronounce homojen?
It’s pronounced approximately as
- ho-MO-jen
with the stress on the second syllable.