Questions & Answers about Lokanta pahalı ama et lezzetli.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for "is" (or "am" / "are") in a simple present tense sentence like this. You just place the subject and the adjective side by side. Lokanta pahalı literally translates to "Restaurant expensive," but it means "The restaurant is expensive." The same rule applies to et lezzetli (the meat is delicious).
How do we use the conjunction ama (but) here?
Ama works exactly like "but" in English. It links two contrasting statements. You just put a complete sentence on the left (lokanta pahalı) and a complete sentence on the right (et lezzetli). It doesn't change the word order of either part.
Why doesn't it say "the" restaurant or "the" meat?
Turkish doesn't have a word for "the". When a noun is the subject of the sentence, as lokanta and et are here, it is usually understood as specific ("the"). If we meant "a restaurant," we would use the word bir (one/a) and say bir lokanta.
I noticed the ending -li on lezzetli. What does it do?
The suffix -li turns a noun into an adjective, meaning "with" or "having" that quality. The base word is lezzet, which means "flavor" or "taste". By adding -li, you get lezzetli, which literally means "with flavor"—or in natural English, "delicious".