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Questions & Answers about Kayalık yol tehlikeli.
Why is there no article like a or the in Turkish?
Turkish doesn’t have articles such as a or the. Definiteness is determined by context, word order, or suffixes. So Kayalık yol tehlikeli. can mean The rocky road is dangerous, A rocky road is dangerous, or simply Rocky road is dangerous, depending on context.
Why isn’t there a verb is in Kayalık yol tehlikeli?
In Turkish, the present‐tense copula to be is usually omitted (zero copula) in nominal sentences. You state only the noun/adjective structure (X Y). For formal writing or emphasis you can add the suffix -dir: Kayalık yol tehlikelidir.
What does the suffix -(y)lIk do in kayalık?
The suffix -(y)lIk/lik/luk/lük attaches to nouns to form adjectives or nouns meaning “full of,” “having the quality of,” or “place of.” Here kaya (rock) + -lık → kayalık, meaning “rocky” or “stony.”
How does vowel harmony work in kayalık and tehlikeli?
Turkish suffixes change their vowels to match the last vowel of the stem:
- kaya (a, a are back vowels) + -lık → back vowel ı → kayalık.
- tehlike (e, i, e are front vowels) + -li → front vowel e → tehlikeli.
Why is kayalık placed before yol?
Adjectives in Turkish normally precede the noun they modify, just like in English. kayalık yol = “rocky road.” Placing the adjective after the noun (yol kayalık) would be unusual in everyday speech.
Why is yol in the singular form?
When talking about something in general (or a single item), Turkish typically uses the singular. You would use the plural yollar only if you meant multiple “rocky roads.”
Why doesn’t yol have any case ending?
As the subject in a zero‐copula sentence, yol stays in the nominative case, which has no ending. Turkish adds case endings only for genitive, dative, accusative (definite object), locative, or ablative roles.
How can I say “That rocky road is dangerous” in Turkish?
Add the demonstrative pronoun o before the noun:
O kayalık yol tehlikeli.
For more formality or completeness, add -dir:
O kayalık yol tehlikelidir.