Tedavi yöntemi etkili.

The treatment method is effective.

Breakdown of Tedavi yöntemi etkili.

• olmak: to be
• etkili: effective
• tedavi yöntemi: the treatment method

Questions & Answers about Tedavi yöntemi etkili.

Why is there no word for is in Tedavi yöntemi etkili.?

In Turkish, the present-tense copula (is/are) is usually omitted. You simply place the subject (Tedavi yöntemi) followed by a predicate adjective (etkili). The meaning “The treatment method is effective” is understood without a separate verb.

What does Tedavi yöntemi literally mean and how is it formed?

Tedavi means “treatment” and yöntemi means “method” with a 3rd-person possessive suffix -i (“its method”). Together they form a noun-noun compound: “the method of treatment,” i.e. the treatment method.

Why does yöntemi take -i but tedavi has no suffix like -in?

In Turkish compounds showing “X’s Y,” the main noun (here yöntem) gets the possessive suffix -i, while the modifier noun (tedavi) remains unmarked. So you get tedavi yöntemi (“treatment method”) without adding -in to tedavi.

Why is the adjective etkili placed after the noun instead of before it?

When an adjective is used predicatively (i.e. linked by a copula or its zero equivalent), it follows the subject. In attributive position (directly modifying a noun), it would come before: etkili tedavi yöntemi (“effective treatment method”). But as a predicate, it goes after.