Breakdown of O mağaza hem büyük hem pahalı.
o
that / he / she / it
büyük
big
pahalı
expensive
hem
both / and (used in pairs as both... and...)
mağaza
store / shop
Questions & Answers about O mağaza hem büyük hem pahalı.
How do you use 'hem... hem...' in this sentence?
Hem... hem... is a pair of words used to mean "both... and...". You place hem right before each of the words you are connecting. In this sentence, it connects two adjectives: büyük (big) and pahalı (expensive).
Where is the verb 'is' in this sentence?
In Turkish, you don't always need a suffix or word for "is". For the third person (he/she/it or a noun like "that store"), the "to be" meaning is usually just understood from the context. You could add the suffix -dır at the end to make it pahalıdır, but in everyday speech, it's very common to leave it out completely.
Does 'o' mean 'it' or 'that' here?
Here, o means "that". While o is the pronoun for "he/she/it", it also acts as a pointing word meaning "that" when placed directly in front of a noun. Because it comes right before mağaza (store), it means "that store".
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