Bina çok yüksek.

to be

Breakdown of Bina çok yüksek.

• çok: very
• bina: the building
• yüksek: tall

Questions & Answers about Bina çok yüksek.

What does bina mean?

The noun bina translates as building in English. It's a loanword of Arabic origin and follows standard Turkish plural and case‐ending rules.

Why isn't there an article like a or the before bina?

Turkish doesn’t use separate words for a or the. Nouns stand alone, and context or additional words indicate definiteness. So bina on its own can mean either a building or the building.

Where is the verb “to be” in Bina çok yüksek?

In Turkish, the present‐tense copula (equivalent to English is) is usually omitted in nominal sentences. You simply put the noun and adjective together: bina + çok + yüksek.

What part of speech is çok and why is it placed before yüksek?

çok is an adverb meaning very. In Turkish, adverbs that modify adjectives or verbs typically appear immediately before the word they modify, so çok yüksek means very tall.

What part of speech is yüksek?

yüksek is an adjective meaning high or tall. Here it describes the height of the building.

How do you make bina plural?

You add the plural suffix -lar, giving binalar. Thus Binalar çok yüksek means Buildings are very tall.

How would you say That building is very tall?

Place the demonstrative pronoun o (that) before bina:
O bina çok yüksek.

How can you say My building is very tall?

Attach the first-person singular possessive suffix -m to bina and optionally include benim for clarity:

• Benim binam çok yüksek.
• Or more succinctly: Binam çok yüksek.