Learn Turkish: Dolaptaki porselen tabaklar pahalı mı? - Are the porcelain plates in the cupboard expensive?

It breaks down as dolap (cupboard) + -ta (in) + -ki (which is). The suffix -ki turns the location into an adjective, meaning 'the one in the cupboard.' We use -ta instead of the usual -da because dolap ends in a hard voiceless consonant (p). This is the Turkish consonant mutation rule in action!

Why doesn't porselen take any suffixes to describe the plates?

In Turkish, words for materials like porselen (porcelain), ahşap (wood), or altın (gold) can be used directly before a noun as an adjective without any extra suffixes. It works exactly like English: 'porcelain plates' translates neatly to porselen tabaklar.

Why is dolaptaki placed before porselen in this sentence?

In Turkish, adjectives that point out which one or where (like dolaptaki) generally come before descriptive or material adjectives (like porselen). So, the natural word order is Location + Description + Noun.

Why does the question particle mı stand alone at the end instead of attaching to pahalı?