Acil durum merkezi uzakta.

to be

Breakdown of Acil durum merkezi uzakta.

• uzakta: far away
• durum: the situation
• acil: urgent
• merkez: the center

Questions & Answers about Acil durum merkezi uzakta.

What is the literal breakdown of each word in Acil durum merkezi uzakta?

• Acil = urgent
• durum = situation
• Together acil durum = emergency (literally “urgent situation”)
• merkez-i = center + 3rd-person possessive suffix (so “its center,” i.e. “the center of the emergency”)
• uzak-ta = far + locative case “-ta” (literally “at a distance,” used as “is far”)

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Why isn’t there a verb like “is” in the Turkish sentence?

In Turkish, simple present-tense copular sentences often drop the verb olmak (“to be”). Instead of saying Acil durum merkezi uzakta oluyor, you just say Acil durum merkezi uzakta. The “is” is implied.

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Why is there no article (“the” or “a”) before “emergency center”?

Turkish does not use definite or indefinite articles. Context and suffixes indicate definiteness. Here, the 3rd-person possessive suffix -i on merkez makes it specific (“the emergency center”).

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What does the suffix -i on merkezi do?

It’s the 3rd-person singular possessive marker, linking merkez (“center”) to the preceding noun phrase acil durum (“emergency”). So acil durum merkezi = “the center of the emergency situation,” i.e. “emergency center.”

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Why is uzakta in the locative case (with -ta) instead of just uzak?

To say “X is far,” Turkish uses the adjective uzak (“far”) plus the locative -ta (“at”), giving uzakta: “at a distance.” Using plain uzak would sound like you’re pre-modifying a noun (e.g. uzak dağ = “a distant mountain”), not giving a predicate meaning “is far.”

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Can I say Acil durum merkezi uzak instead?

No – uzak alone can only describe a noun directly (like “a far emergency center”) but cannot function as a predicate on its own. To express “is far,” you need uzakta.

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How would I ask “How far is the emergency center?” in Turkish?

Use the question word ne kadar (“how much/how far”) and the question particle mı:
Acil durum merkezi ne kadar uzakta?

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If I want to say “The emergency center is very far,” how do I add “very”?

Insert çok (“very”) before uzakta:
Acil durum merkezi çok uzakta.

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Can other location words be used like this (e.g., “close”)?

Yes. For “close,” you can say yakın as an adjective predicate:
Acil durum merkezi yakın.
Or more emphatically with locative:
Acil durum merkezi yakında. (“At a nearby place,” i.e. “is nearby.”)