Koridor uzun.

to be

Breakdown of Koridor uzun.

• uzun: long
• koridor: the corridor

Questions & Answers about Koridor uzun.

Why is there no article before Koridor?

Turkish doesn’t have direct equivalents of English articles a and the. A bare noun like Koridor can mean either a corridor or the corridor depending on context. If you want to be explicit about indefiniteness, you’d use bir: Bir koridor (a corridor).

Why is there no copula (is) in Koridor uzun?

In Turkish, simple nominal sentences in the present tense drop the copula. The sentence literally reads “Corridor long,” but functionally it means The corridor is long. You only add a copular suffix (like -dir) in formal or written contexts.

Why does the adjective uzun come after the noun Koridor?

Predicate adjectives in Turkish follow the noun they describe. In a statement, you say Noun + Adjective (e.g. Koridor uzun). If you want to use an adjective attributively (directly modifying a noun), it comes before the noun: uzun koridor (“long corridor”) or more naturally uzun bir koridor.

What case is Koridor in, and why is there no suffix?

It’s in the nominative case (no suffix) because it’s the subject of a simple present-tense nominal sentence with zero copula. Subjects in these sentences don’t take additional case markers.