Learn Turkish: Şu çiçek çok güzel değil. - That flower is not very beautiful.

Şu çiçek çok güzel değil.

That flower is not very beautiful.

Breakdown of Şu çiçek çok güzel değil.

şu

that (pointed out)

güzel

beautiful / nice / good

Questions & Answers about Şu çiçek çok güzel değil.

Why doesn't değil have any suffixes attached to it here?

değil acts like the verb 'to be' for negative sentences. Because the subject is Şu çiçek ('that flower', which is an 'it' or third-person singular), the ending is completely blank. If you wanted to say 'I am not very beautiful', you would add a personal suffix: çok güzel değilim.

Why is değil at the very end of the sentence?

In Turkish, the main verb or 'to be' word almost always goes at the absolute end of the sentence. Even though değil translates as 'not', it carries the full meaning of 'is not' here, so it anchors the end of the sentence: 'That flower very beautiful is-not.'

Could I say O çiçek instead of Şu çiçek?

Yes, but there is a slight difference in meaning. Şu is used when you are actively pointing something out or drawing someone's attention to it. O is usually for things further away, or for things you were already just talking about.

Does çok always come right before the adjective it describes?

Yes! Just like in English ('very beautiful'), the word çok (very) goes right in front of the adjective güzel (beautiful). Then, değil simply turns that entire block negative at the end.