Dekorasyon şık.

to be

Breakdown of Dekorasyon şık.

• şık: stylish
• dekorasyon: the decoration

Questions & Answers about Dekorasyon şık.

Why is there no verb like is or to be in Dekorasyon şık?

In Turkish, the present‐tense copula (“to be”) is usually omitted. You simply place the adjective after the noun to express “is.” So Dekorasyon şık literally reads “Decoration stylish,” meaning “The decoration is stylish.”

Why does the adjective şık come after dekorasyon, when I thought adjectives always precede nouns in Turkish?

Turkish adjectives precede nouns when used attributively (modifying a noun), e.g. şık dekorasyon (“a stylish decoration”). But when used predicatively (as the predicate of the sentence), the adjective follows the noun: Dekorasyon şık (“The decoration is stylish”).

Can I add a suffix like -dır to şık, e.g. Dekorasyon şık­tır?

Yes. The suffix -dır (with vowel harmony variations -tir/-tır/-tur) makes the copula explicit or more formal: Dekorasyon şıktır. In everyday speech you usually drop it, but in written or formal contexts you might include it.

How do I make this sentence negative: “The decoration is not stylish”?

Use the negator değil after the adjective:
Dekorasyon şık değil.

How do I ask “Is the decoration stylish?” as a yes/no question?