Karakter çok önemli.

to be

Breakdown of Karakter çok önemli.

• çok: very
• önemli: important
• karakter: the character

Questions & Answers about Karakter çok önemli.

What does karakter mean here?

The Turkish word karakter is borrowed from French/English and here it means “character” in the sense of a person’s moral or ethical qualities. It can also refer to a font or a typographical symbol, but context makes it clear that it’s the moral character that’s “çok önemli” (very important).

Why is there no “is” in the sentence?

Turkish does not use a separate verb for “to be” (in the present tense) when making simple identity or description statements. Instead, you place the subject (karakter) and then the adjective (önemli) together. If you need formality or emphasis, you can add the suffix -dir to önemli, producing önemlidir (“it is important”), but it’s optional in everyday speech.

How do we express “very important” with çok?

In Turkish, çok is an adverb meaning “very” or “much,” and it precedes the adjective it modifies. So çok önemli = “very important.” You can also intensify further: çok çok önemli (“very, very important”) or use synonyms like son derece önemli (“extremely important”).

Why aren’t there any articles like “a” or “the”?

Turkish has no articles equivalent to English a or the. Definiteness or indefiniteness is derived from context or from case suffixes (like the accusative -ı/-i for definite direct objects). Here, karakter is in the nominative case and stands for “character” in general.