Yoğurt soğuk.

to be

Breakdown of Yoğurt soğuk.

• soğuk: cold
• yoğurt: the yogurt

Questions & Answers about Yoğurt soğuk.

Why is there no verb like is in the sentence Yoğurt soğuk?

Turkish normally omits the copula “to be” in the present tense. Instead of saying “Yogurt is cold,” you simply put the noun and its adjective together: Yoğurt soğuk literally “Yogurt cold,” which readers understand as “Yogurt is cold.”

Why does the adjective soğuk come after the noun yoğurt?

When you use an adjective predicatively (i.e. as part of a full sentence), Turkish places the adjective after the noun it describes. If you want to use soğuk attributively (like “cold yogurt” as a noun phrase), you flip the order: soğuk yoğurt (“cold yogurt”).

What’s the difference between soğuk yoğurt and Yoğurt soğuk?

• soğuk yoğurt = “cold yogurt” (just describing which yogurt)
• Yoğurt soğuk = “Yogurt is cold” (a full sentence stating its temperature)

How do I make the sentence more formal or add an explicit “is”?

You can attach the copula‐suffix -dur (or -tir, -dür, -tır depending on vowel harmony) to soğuk:
• Yoğurt soğuktur.
This is more formal/written. In everyday speech you’d still skip it.