Learn Turkish: Senin araban tavşan gibi hızlı. - Your car is fast like a rabbit.

Senin araban tavşan gibi hızlı.

Your car is fast like a rabbit.

Breakdown of Senin araban tavşan gibi hızlı.

Questions & Answers about Senin araban tavşan gibi hızlı.

Why doesn't tavşan have a suffix before gibi?

When using gibi (like) with regular nouns, the noun stays in its plain dictionary form. However, if you use gibi with personal pronouns, they must take the genitive (possessive) ending, becoming benim gibi (like me) or senin gibi (like you).

Why is hızlı placed after tavşan gibi?

In Turkish, modifier phrases usually come before the word they describe. The phrase tavşan gibi (like a rabbit) describes how the car is fast, so it is placed directly before the adjective hızlı (fast).

Why do we use both Senin and the -n ending on araba?

Turkish uses "double marking" for possession. You use the possessive pronoun Senin (Your) and also add the matching possessive suffix -n to the noun to make araban. You can often drop Senin in everyday speech, but the -n suffix is required.

Why is there no word for "is" at the end of the sentence?

For the "he/she/it is" form in the present tense, Turkish doesn't require a visible suffix. Simply placing the adjective hızlı at the end of the sentence turns it into the statement "is fast."