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Bu renk kombinasyonu basit ama şık.

Bu renk kombinasyonu basit ama şık.
This color combination is simple but stylish.
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Questions & Answers about Bu renk kombinasyonu basit ama şık.

What is bu in Bu renk kombinasyonu, and how does it differ from şu and o?

bu is a demonstrative pronoun meaning this (close to the speaker).

  • şu means that (closer to the listener or neutral distance)
  • o means that (far from both speaker and listener)
Why is there no word equivalent to is in this sentence?

In Turkish, the present‐tense copula (to be) is usually omitted in simple adjective or noun‐predicate sentences.
So Bu renk kombinasyonu basit ama şık literally reads This color combination simple but chic, but it’s understood as This color combination is simple but chic.

Why are there no articles like a or the before renk kombinasyonu?

Turkish does not have indefinite or definite articles. Definiteness is shown by:

  • context (e.g. bu already makes it this color combination)
  • certain case endings (accusative case on objects can mark definiteness)
What does ama mean in this context? Can I substitute fakat or lakin?

ama is a coordinating conjunction meaning but. You can replace it with the more formal fakat or lakin without changing the basic meaning:

  • basit fakat şık
  • basit lakin şık
Why does kombinasyon end with -u?

In Turkish compound nouns (noun + noun), the second noun takes the 3rd-person singular possessive suffix -sI, which appears as -u by vowel harmony after n.
Example:

  • renk kombinasyonu = color combination
  • kan grubu = blood group
Why isn’t there an extra case ending on Bu renk kombinasyonu if it’s the subject?
Subjects in Turkish are in the nominative case, which has a zero ending (no overt suffix). That’s why aside from the compound’s -u, there’s no additional ending on kombinasyonu.
Why do basit and şık come after Bu renk kombinasyonu rather than before it?

Here basit and şık are predicate adjectives, forming an equational sentence (X is Y).

  • Pre-nominal adjectives (attributes) appear before a noun (e.g. basit bir tasarım = a simple design)
  • Predicate adjectives come after the subject, just like in Bu renk kombinasyonu basit ama şık.