İş zor ama çok eğlenceli.

Breakdown of İş zor ama çok eğlenceli.

çok
very
zor
difficult
work
ama
but
eğlenceli
fun

Questions & Answers about İş zor ama çok eğlenceli.

Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
Turkish doesn't use a separate word for 'is' in simple statements like this. If you put a noun (İş) and an adjective (zor) together, the 'is' happens automatically! The sentence literally reads 'Work hard but very fun'.
How does the word ama (but) work here?
Just like in English! The conjunction ama sits right between the two opposite ideas you are contrasting: the fact that the work is hard (zor), and the fact that it is fun (eğlenceli). It doesn't change the word order at all.
Why is there no word for 'The' before İş?
Turkish doesn't have a definite article like 'the'. The word simply means 'work' or 'job', but depending on the context, it naturally translates to 'the work' in English.
I see -li at the end of eğlenceli. What does that suffix do?
The suffix -li means 'with' or 'containing'. The root word is eğlence, which means 'entertainment' or 'fun'. By adding -li to the end, you turn the noun into the adjective eğlenceli, meaning 'entertaining' or 'fun'.

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