Babaannem çok misafirperver; börek yapar, ayran soğutur ve herkesi güler yüzle karşılar.

to be

Breakdown of Babaannem çok misafirperver; börek yapar, ayran soğutur ve herkesi güler yüzle karşılar.

• çok: very
• benim: my
• ve: and

Questions & Answers about Babaannem çok misafirperver; börek yapar, ayran soğutur ve herkesi güler yüzle karşılar.

Why is Babaannem one word, and what exactly does it mean?

Babaannem means my paternal grandmother.

It breaks down like this:

• babaanne = father’s mother / paternal grandmother
• -m = my

So:

• babaanne → grandmother on my father’s side
• babaannem → my father’s mother

This is different from anneannem, which means my maternal grandmother.

Why doesn’t the first part have a verb? Shouldn’t there be something like is?

In Turkish, the verb to be is often not stated in the present tense.

So:

• Babaannem çok misafirperver
  literally looks like My grandmother very hospitable
• but it naturally means My grandmother is very hospitable

A form like misafirperverdir is possible, but -dir is often omitted in everyday Turkish.

What does misafirperver mean grammatically? Is it a noun or an adjective?