Learn Turkish: Şu ev pahalı değil. - That house is not expensive.

Şu ev pahalı değil.

That house is not expensive.

Breakdown of Şu ev pahalı değil.

Questions & Answers about Şu ev pahalı değil.

Why do we use değil here instead of a negative suffix like -me or -ma?

We use değil because pahalı (expensive) is an adjective. In Turkish, you use değil as a separate word to make nouns and adjectives negative. The suffixes -me and -ma are only used to make verbs negative.

Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?

In Turkish, there is no separate word for 'is' for the third-person singular (he, she, it, or that). The word değil takes on the meaning of 'is not' all by itself at the end of the sentence.

Does değil always go at the very end of the sentence?

In basic descriptive sentences like this one, yes. The negation word değil acts as the core of the predicate (the 'is not' part of the sentence), and in Turkish, the predicate almost always goes at the very end.

Why use şu for 'that house' instead of o?

Both şu and o can mean 'that', but şu is specifically used when you are physically pointing at something or actively drawing the listener's attention to it. If you use o, it usually implies the house is further away or out of sight.