Word
Mavi tişört pahalı değil.
Meaning
The blue t-shirt is not expensive.
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Mavi tişört pahalı değil.
Does the adjective always go before the noun like in mavi tişört?
Yes! Just like in English, descriptive adjectives in Turkish come right before the noun they describe. Also, Turkish adjectives never change their endings to match the noun, making them very easy to use at this level.
Why is "t-shirt" spelled as tişört?
Turkish is a highly phonetic language, meaning words are spelled exactly how they are pronounced. When Turkish borrowed the English word "t-shirt", the spelling was adapted to the Turkish alphabet so it sounds correct when read aloud.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't have a separate word for "is" in this basic type of sentence. You just place the subject (mavi tişört) and the description (pahalı değil) together, and the "is" is automatically understood.
How do we use değil to say "is not"?
Değil is the negative word used to negate nouns and adjectives. It always comes immediately after the word you want to negate. Here, placing it right after pahalı changes the meaning from "expensive" to "not expensive".