Breakdown of Bu evin mimarisi basit.
olmak
to be
bu
this
ev
the house
basit
simple
-in
of
mimari
the architecture
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Questions & Answers about Bu evin mimarisi basit.
Why is evin in the genitive case?
Evin is ev (house) plus the genitive suffix -in, marking it as the possessor of mimarisi. It literally means “of the house.”
Why does mimarisi have a -si suffix?
Mimari (architecture) takes the 3rd person singular possessive suffix -si, because it’s “its architecture” — the architecture belonging to evin (“the house”).
How does vowel harmony determine the form -si in mimarisi?
Possessive suffixes follow two-way vowel harmony. Mimari ends in a front unrounded vowel “i,” so its suffix is also front unrounded “i,” giving -si (not -sı, -su, or -sü).
Why is there no verb “to be” in Bu evin mimarisi basit?
In Turkish, the present‐tense copula is usually omitted. When a noun phrase is directly followed by an adjective predicate, “is” is understood without an explicit verb.
Why doesn’t basit change form to agree with mimarisi?
Turkish adjectives never agree in number, gender, or case. Whether they act as attributive or predicative adjectives, they remain in their base form, so basit stays unchanged.
Can I rephrase it to “This house has simple architecture”?
Yes. A common alternative is Bu ev basit bir mimariye sahip, where basit bir mimariye (“to a simple architecture”) uses the dative case and sahip means “to have.”