Mesele sabır.

to be

Breakdown of Mesele sabır.

• mesele: the matter
• sabır: the patience

Questions & Answers about Mesele sabır.

What do the words mesele and sabır individually mean?

Mesele literally means matter, issue, or point, and sabır means patience.

Why is there no verb like is in Mesele sabır?

Turkish allows “zero‐copula” sentences in the present tense. In an equational or nominal sentence you simply juxtapose nouns (or noun phrases) without adding a form of to be.

What grammatical structure is this?

This is a nominal sentence (eksi fiilli yapı) with a topic–comment structure. Mesele is the topic (“the matter”) and sabır is the comment/predicate (“patience”).

Why doesn’t sabır have any case ending?

In a zero-copula nominal sentence, the predicate noun stays in its base (nominative) form. No accusative or dative suffix is needed to mark it.

Can I form similar sentences with other nouns, for example Mesele zaman or Mesele para?

Yes. You can say Mesele zaman (“The thing is time”) or Mesele para (“It’s all about money”). The pattern Mesele + [noun] is a common way to highlight the key factor.

Why isn’t there an article (like the or a) before mesele or sabır?

Turkish has no articles like the or a. Nouns stand alone, and context tells you whether they’re definite or indefinite.

How do you pronounce Mesele sabır and where is the stress?

Pronunciation: [me-se-le sa-bır].
Stress in Turkish usually falls on the final syllable, so you stress se in mesele (me-SE-le) and bır in sabır (sa-BIR).