Ekipman fiyatları bazen beklenenden yüksek.

to be

Breakdown of Ekipman fiyatları bazen beklenenden yüksek.

• bazen: sometimes
• fiyat: the price
• yüksek: high

Questions & Answers about Ekipman fiyatları bazen beklenenden yüksek.

What is the structure of Ekipman fiyatları? How do ekipman and fiyatları combine here?

“Ekipman fiyatları” is a noun-noun compound that literally means “equipment’s prices,” i.e. “equipment prices.”

• ekipman = “equipment” (bare noun, no plural or possessive)
• fiyatları = fiyat (price) + -lar (plural) + -ı (3rd person singular possessive) → “its/their prices”
  So together you get “equipment prices.”

Why do we see both -lar (plural) and -ı (possessive) on fiyatları?

In Turkish compounds of the form “X prices,” the second noun takes:
1) -lar to mark plural (“prices” instead of “price”)
2) -ı as the 3rd person singular possessive, linking it back to ekipman (“equipment’s prices”).
This is how you say “prices of the equipment.”

Could we instead say ekipmanların fiyatları? If so, what’s the nuance?

Yes, ekipmanların fiyatları is grammatically correct and means “the prices of the pieces of equipment.”

• ekipmanların = ekipman
  • -lar (plural equipment items) + -ın (3rd person poss)
    This emphasizes individual items of equipment, whereas ekipman fiyatları is more general (equipment as a whole).

Why is there no -ı or -in on ekipman in the original phrase?