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Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli.

Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli.
The yogurt-based soup is very delicious.
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Questions & Answers about Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli.

What does the suffix in yoğurtlu mean?

It’s the adjective-forming suffix -li/-lı/-lu/-lü, meaning “with/containing/having.” So yoğurtlu = “with yogurt.”

  • Examples: sütlü kahve (coffee with milk), peynirli börek (cheese pastry), limonlu çay (lemon tea).
Why is there no word for “is” in the sentence?
In Turkish, simple present third-person “to be” is usually zero (unspoken). So Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli literally “Yogurt-with soup very tasty,” understood as “Yogurt soup is very tasty.” You can add the formal copula -dır for general truths or emphasis: Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetlidir.
How do I make it negative?

Put değil after the adjective phrase:

  • Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli değil. (not very tasty / not tasty)
  • Stronger: Hiç lezzetli değil. (not tasty at all)
  • Natural in everyday speech: Pek lezzetli değil. (not very tasty)
What’s the word order here?

Subject first, predicate last:

  • Subject: Yoğurtlu çorba
  • Predicate: çok lezzetli Also, the adverb çok (“very”) comes directly before the adjective: çok lezzetli, not “lezzetli çok.”
Do I need an article like “a/the”?

Turkish has no articles like English. Use demonstratives if you mean a specific one:

  • Bu yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli. (This yogurt soup is very tasty.) Avoid bir here unless you literally mean “one (single) yogurt soup” or you’re introducing a new, specific instance.
Is this sentence generic or about a specific soup?

Alone, it’s flexible: it can be generic (“Yogurt soup is very tasty”) or context-specific (“[That] yogurt soup is very tasty”). Make it explicit if needed:

  • Generic: Yoğurtlu çorba genelde çok lezzetli olur.
  • Specific: Bu yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli.
Why is it -lu (yoğurtlu) and not -li/-lı/-lü?

Vowel harmony. The suffix changes to match the last vowel of the stem:

  • After a/ı → -lı
  • After e/i → -li
  • After o/u → -lu
  • After ö/ü → -lü Since yoğurt has last vowel u, it takes -lu → yoğurtlu.
How do I pronounce the special letters here?
  • ğ (soft g): doesn’t make a hard “g” sound; it lengthens or softly glides the preceding vowel. Yoğurtlu ≈ “yoort-loo.”
  • ç: like English “ch.” Çorba ≈ “chorba,” çok ≈ “chok.”
  • In lezzetli, the double zz is pronounced clearly; the i is like “ee” in “see,” and Turkish r is a light tap.
Where is the stress?

Default stress is on the last syllable of each content word:

  • yoğurtLU
  • çorBA
  • çok (single syllable)
  • lezzetLİ
Does yoğurtlu çorba differ from yoğurt çorbası?

Slightly:

  • yoğurtlu çorba = “soup with yogurt” (emphasizes inclusion of yogurt)
  • yoğurt çorbası = “yogurt soup” (a named/typical kind, e.g., the dish known as yogurt soup) Both are understandable; the second feels more like a specific dish name.
Is lezzetli built the same way as yoğurtlu?
Yes. Lezzetli comes from lezzet (flavor) + -li, but it’s fully lexicalized as “tasty/delicious.” Common synonyms: leziz, nefis. Colloquially, güzel also means “tasty.”
Can I say çok güzel instead of çok lezzetli?
Yes. Çok güzel is very common for food in everyday speech. Çok lezzetli is a bit more precise/formal meaning “very tasty/delicious.”
Other ways to intensify besides çok?
  • gayet lezzetli (quite/very)
  • oldukça lezzetli (fairly/quite)
  • aşırı lezzetli (extremely)
  • gerçekten çok lezzetli (really very tasty) For negatives, prefer pek … değil: pek lezzetli değil.
How do I turn it into a yes/no question?

Use the question particle after the predicate and obey vowel harmony:

  • Yoğurtlu çorba çok lezzetli mi? Here it’s mi (not mı/mu/mü) because the last vowel of lezzetli is front (i/e).