Learn Hardcore Turkish: Rekolte çok iyi.

Rekolte is a loanword from French (récolte) that means harvest yield or crop production—the total amount of produce gathered from a field, vineyard, orchard, etc.

Why is there no article (like “the” or “a”) before rekolte?

Turkish doesn’t use separate articles. A noun without suffixes can be definite or indefinite based on context. Here, Rekolte çok iyi means “The yield is very good,” but no extra word for “the” is needed.

Why isn’t there a verb like “is” in Rekolte çok iyi?

In Turkish, the present-tense copula “to be” is zero; it’s implied rather than written. You could make it explicit (more formal) by adding -dir: Rekolte çok iyidir, but in everyday speech you simply say Rekolte çok iyi.

Why is çok placed before iyi?

Degree words or adverbs (like çok, meaning “very/much”) precede the adjective they modify. So çok iyi is the correct order for “very good.”

Could I say iyi çok instead of çok iyi?

No. Turkish word order for adverb + adjective is fixed: the adverb (çok) must come before the adjective (iyi). İyi çok would sound ungrammatical.

Why is rekolte singular here and not plural?

When talking about the total amount of a harvest, rekolte behaves like a mass noun (uncountable). You don’t pluralize it. If you talk about multiple separate harvests you could say rekolteler, but that’s less common.

What case is rekolte in this sentence?

It’s in the nominative case (the basic form, no suffix). Here it functions as the subject of an equational sentence.

Can I turn Rekolte çok iyi into a question?

Yes. Add the question particle mi after the adjective:
• Rekolte iyi mi? (“Is the yield good?”)
• Rekolte çok iyi mi? (“Is the yield very good?”)

Is Rekolte a proper noun since it’s capitalized?

No. It’s capitalized only because it’s the first word of the sentence. Rekolte is a common noun.

In what contexts would I use rekolte?

You’ll hear it in agriculture or food- and wine-industry discussions—any time people refer to the amount harvested (e.g., grain, fruit, grapes). It’s not used for small harvests (like picking a few vegetables); it implies large-scale production.