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Questions & Answers about Raporumuz hazır değil.
How do we get 'our report' from the single word raporumuz?
The base word is rapor (report). To say 'our', we attach the possessive suffix -umuz. Since rapor ends in a consonant and its last vowel is 'o', 4-way vowel harmony dictates we use the 'u' version of the suffix.
Shouldn't the word bizim (our) be at the beginning of the sentence?
You can include it for emphasis (Bizim raporumuz hazır değil), but it is completely optional. The suffix -umuz already makes it perfectly clear that the report belongs to 'us', so Turkish speakers usually drop bizim.
Why do we use the separate word değil to mean 'not' instead of a negative suffix?
We use the word değil to make sentences with nouns and adjectives negative. Since hazır (ready) is an adjective describing a state, we must use değil. Negative suffixes like -me or -ma are only used to negate verbs (action words).
Why is değil placed at the very end of the sentence?
In Turkish, the word that completes the sentence (acting as the verb) always goes at the end. Even though this sentence doesn't have an action verb, değil acts as the 'is not' for the sentence, so it takes the final position.