Valiz ağır.

to be

Breakdown of Valiz ağır.

• valiz: the suitcase
• ağır: heavy

Questions & Answers about Valiz ağır.

How is Valiz ağır literally structured and what's its meaning in English?

It literally reads “Suitcase heavy”, which in English we render as The suitcase is heavy.

Why is there no to be verb like is in the sentence?

Turkish normally omits the present-tense copula (to be) in nominal sentences. So instead of saying Valiz ağırdır, you simply say Valiz ağır in everyday speech.

Why does the adjective ağır come after the noun valiz? I thought Turkish adjectives always precede nouns.

When used attributively (directly modifying a noun), adjectives indeed precede: ağır valiz (heavy suitcase). But when an adjective functions as a predicate (describing the subject in a sentence), it follows the noun: Valiz ağır (The suitcase is heavy).

Why isn't there an article like the or a before valiz, and why does valiz have no suffix?

Turkish has no articles. Nouns in the nominative case (the subject of a sentence) appear without any suffix. Definiteness or indefiniteness is inferred from context or made explicit with determiners like bir (a) or o (that).