Bu yeni sandalye rahat, ben burada kitap okuyorum.

This new chair is comfortable, I am reading a book here.

Breakdown of Bu yeni sandalye rahat, ben burada kitap okuyorum.

• olmak: to be
• bu: this
• burada: here
• ben: I

Questions & Answers about Bu yeni sandalye rahat, ben burada kitap okuyorum.

Why is there no word for is in Bu yeni sandalye rahat?

In Turkish, present-tense sentences like this often do not use an explicit word for is. So:

• Bu yeni sandalye rahat
  literally looks like
• This new chair comfortable

but it naturally means This new chair is comfortable.

This is very normal in Turkish. In the present tense, the idea of is/are is often understood automatically.

What does bu mean here?

Bu means this.

In Bu yeni sandalye rahat, bu points to a nearby or specific chair: this new chair.

A useful comparison:

• bu sandalye = this chair
• şu sandalye = that chair / that chair over there
• o sandalye = that chair

Why is yeni before sandalye?

In Turkish, adjectives usually come before the noun, just like in English.

So:

• yeni sandalye = new chair
• rahat sandalye = comfortable chair

Here, yeni describes sandalye, so it comes before it.

Why does rahat come after sandalye?