Araba tamiri pahalı.

to be

Breakdown of Araba tamiri pahalı.

• pahalı: expensive
• araba: the car
• tamir: the repair

Questions & Answers about Araba tamiri pahalı.

Why is there no article like a or the in Araba tamiri pahalı?

Turkish does not have separate words for indefinite or definite articles. Nouns stand alone and their definiteness or indefiniteness is inferred from context or suffixes. So Araba tamiri pahalı simply means “Car repair is expensive” without needing a or the.

What is the function of the -i suffix on tamiri?

The -i is the third-person singular possessive suffix. In Turkish, when one noun modifies another (forming a compound), the head noun takes a possessive suffix corresponding to the modifier. So tamir + -i → tamiri means “repair of (the) car.”

Why is there no genitive marker (like -ın) on araba?

This is a bare noun compound. In such compounds the modifier noun (araba) remains unmarked, while the head noun (tamiri) carries the possessive to show the relationship. A fully marked genitive would be arabanın tamiri for “the repair of the car,” but araba tamiri is a common, more general form.

Where is the verb “to be” in Araba tamiri pahalı?

In Turkish present-tense nominal or adjectival sentences, the copula (the verb “to be,” olmak) is omitted. The adjective pahalı “expensive” itself serves as the predicate. The “is” is implied: “Car repair (is) expensive.”