Questions & Answers about Köpekler çok akıllı ve güçlü.
How does ve work in this sentence?
ve means "and". Just like in English, you can use it to connect two adjectives describing the same thing. Here, it connects akıllı (smart) and güçlü (strong) to describe Köpekler.
I notice both akıllı and güçlü end in similar suffixes (-lı and -lü). What do these do?
These suffixes mean "with" or "having", and they are used to turn nouns into adjectives. Akıl means "mind", so akıllı means "having a mind" (smart). Güç means "strength", so güçlü means "having strength" (strong). The vowel changes from ı to ü because of Turkish vowel harmony rules.
Where is the word for "are" in this sentence?
Turkish often leaves out the "to be" verb (am/is/are) in basic present tense sentences. The phrase Köpekler çok akıllı naturally means "Dogs are very smart" without needing an extra word for "are".
Since Köpekler (dogs) is plural, shouldn't the adjectives be plural too?
No, in Turkish, adjectives never take a plural suffix when they describe a noun. You only put the plural suffix -ler on the noun itself. So the adjectives remain akıllı and güçlü, no matter how many dogs there are.