Questions & Answers about Kahve çok sıcak değil.
How do I know if çok means "very" or "a lot" in this sentence?
Çok means "very" when it comes right before an adjective like sıcak (hot). When it is used with a noun or a verb, it usually means "a lot" or "much". Since sıcak describes the coffee, çok translates to "very" here.
Does değil negate çok or sıcak?
The English translation says "The coffee", but there is no word for "the" in the Turkish sentence. Why?
Turkish does not have a separate word for "the". When a noun like kahve is the subject of the sentence, we understand from context whether it means "coffee" in general or a specific cup of "the coffee".
Could I put değil before çok sıcak, like we do in English?
No, in Turkish, the negative word değil (not) almost always comes at the very end of a basic sentence like this one. The order is Subject (kahve) + Modifiers and Adjectives (çok sıcak) + değil.