Bu koyu renkli ceket sana çok iyi duruyor.

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Breakdown of Bu koyu renkli ceket sana çok iyi duruyor.

• bu: this
• iyi: well
• ceket: the jacket

Questions & Answers about Bu koyu renkli ceket sana çok iyi duruyor.

Why does duruyor mean looks good / suits you here? I thought durmak meant to stop or to stand.

Great question. Durmak has several related meanings in Turkish, including to stop, to stand, and to look / sit / hang in a certain way.

In clothing contexts, üstünde iyi durmak means:

• to look good on someone
• to suit someone
• literally something like to stand well on someone

So in Bu koyu renkli ceket sana çok iyi duruyor, duruyor does not mean is stopping. It means the jacket looks good on you.

You will often hear:

• Bu elbise sende güzel duruyor. = This dress looks nice on you.
• Bu renk sana yakışıyor. = This color suits you.

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Why is it sana and not sen?

Because the verb pattern here requires the dative case.

• sen = you
• sana = to you

With iyi durmak in this sense, Turkish uses the pattern:

• bir şey birine iyi duruyor
  = something looks good on someone

So:

• ceket = jacket
• sana = on you / to you
• iyi duruyor = looks good

Even though English says on you, Turkish uses the dative here, not a separate word meaning on.

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What does koyu renkli mean exactly? Why are there two words?