Learn Hardcore Turkish: Delik küçük ve tehlikeli. - The hole is small and dangerous.

In Turkish equational sentences (stating what something is), the present-tense copula “to be” is usually omitted. So Delik küçük ve tehlikeli literally reads “Hole small and dangerous,” but it is understood as “The hole is small and dangerous.”

Why isn’t there an article like “the” before delik?

Turkish does not have definite or indefinite articles. Context or additional words indicate definiteness.

bir delik = “a hole”
delik (alone) can mean “the hole” if context makes it clear.

Why do the adjectives küçük and tehlikeli come after the noun instead of before it?

As attributive adjectives (directly modifying a noun), they precede: küçük delik = “small hole.”
In a verbless predicate (where you’d say “is”), they follow: Delik küçük ve tehlikeli = “The hole is small and dangerous.”

Why don’t küçük and tehlikeli change form to match delik in number or case?

Turkish adjectives are invariable. They never agree with the noun in number, gender, or case. So they remain küçük and tehlikeli regardless of what they describe.

Can I use a comma instead of ve to connect the adjectives?

Yes. You can list adjectives with a comma:
> Delik küçük, tehlikeli.
Using ve (“and”) simply makes the link explicit: Delik küçük ve tehlikeli.

How do I turn this statement into a question?

Add the question particle mi/ mı/ mu/ mü right after the last word (with vowel harmony) and a question mark:
> Delik küçük ve tehlikeli mi?
Here tehlikeli ends in i, so you use mi.

How do I say “holes” when pluralizing delik here?

Attach the plural suffix -ler:
> Delikler küçük ve tehlikeli.
The adjectives stay the same.

How do I pronounce delik, especially the ı?

d = like English d
e = like English e in get
l = like English l
i = like English ee in see
k = like English k
ı = a close back unrounded vowel [ɯ], often transliterated as a neutral “uh” sound but without lip rounding.