Bu plan mantıklı.

to be

Breakdown of Bu plan mantıklı.

• bu: this
• plan: the plan
• mantıklı: reasonable

Questions & Answers about Bu plan mantıklı.

What does bu mean and how is it used here?

bu is a demonstrative pronoun meaning this. It points to something close to the speaker. It doesn’t change for gender or number; to say these plans, you would say bu planlar (keeping bu and making the noun plural).

Why is there no verb like to be in Bu plan mantıklı?

Turkish normally drops the present-tense copula “to be.” Instead of saying “is,” you simply juxtapose the subject and the predicate. If you want to be more formal or emphatic you can add the suffix -dır to the adjective (mantıklıdır), but in everyday speech Bu plan mantıklı is perfectly complete.

How is mantıklı formed?

mantıklı comes from the noun mantık (logic) plus the adjective-forming suffix -lı (“with”). So it literally means “with logic,” i.e. logical. The suffix follows vowel harmony, appearing as -lı, -li, -lu, or -lü depending on the last vowel of the stem.

Why is plan exactly the same as in English?

plan is a loanword (ultimately from French or English). Many modern concepts entered Turkish unchanged or with minimal adaptation. As a result, plan is spelled and pronounced very similarly to English.