Buzdolabındaki yoğurt çok soğuk.

to be

Breakdown of Buzdolabındaki yoğurt çok soğuk.

• çok: very
• soğuk: cold
• buzdolabı: the refrigerator

Questions & Answers about Buzdolabındaki yoğurt çok soğuk.

Why is buzdolabındaki such a long word?

Because Turkish often packs a whole phrase into one word with suffixes.

buzdolabındaki can be broken down like this:

• buzdolabı = refrigerator / fridge
• -nda = in / inside
• -ki = the one that is in / the one located in

So buzdolabındaki yoğurt means something like:

• the yogurt in the fridge
• literally, the yogurt that is in the fridge

This is very normal in Turkish.

Why does dolap become dolab- in buzdolabı?

This is because of consonant softening.

The noun dolap ends in p, and when a vowel-initial suffix is added, that p often changes to b:

• dolap → dolabı
• kitap → kitabı
• ağaç → ağacı

So in buzdolabı, the p becomes b before the suffix.

What exactly does -ki do in buzdolabındaki?