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Questions & Answers about çöp kutusu dolu.
Why is there no is in çöp kutusu dolu?
In Turkish simple present sentences the copula to be is omitted. You put the noun and adjective/past participle directly together. So çöp kutusu = the trash can and dolu = full, meaning the trash can (is) full.
What does the ending -u in kutusu indicate?
The -u is the third-person singular possessive suffix on kutu (meaning box/can). Turkish shows possession by adding a suffix to the possessed noun. Here çöp is the possessor and kutusu literally means its box or the box of the trash, which gives us the compound trash can.
Why does the adjective dolu come after the noun instead of before it?
As a predicate adjective, dolu follows the noun and no copula is used. If it were attributive, it would precede the noun (e.g. dolu kutu = a full box). For a state description you say çöp kutusu dolu: its box is full.
How do I make çöp kutusu dolu negative to say the trash can is not full?