Learn Turkish: Tezgahtaki orijinal vazo çok değerli ama pazarlık yok. - The original vase on the counter is very valuable, but there is no bargaining.

Tezgahtaki orijinal vazo çok değerli ama pazarlık yok.

The original vase on the counter is very valuable, but there is no bargaining.

Breakdown of Tezgahtaki orijinal vazo çok değerli ama pazarlık yok.

çok

very

yok

there is not / non-existent

Questions & Answers about Tezgahtaki orijinal vazo çok değerli ama pazarlık yok.

How does the word tezgahtaki translate to "the... on the counter"?

This word is built from three parts: tezgah (counter) + -ta (on) + -ki (which is). The suffix -ki turns the location ("on the counter") into an adjective that describes the vase. Notice that we use -ta instead of -da because tezgah ends in a hard consonant (h), making the 'd' harden into a 't'.

How is the word değerli (valuable) formed?

It comes from the noun değer (value) combined with the suffix -li (with/having). In Turkish, -li is a very common way to turn a noun into an adjective, so değerli literally means "having value".

What does the -lık suffix do in pazarlık?

The root word is pazar, which means "market" (or Sunday). The suffix -lık is used to create abstract concepts from nouns. Here, it turns "market" into the concept of "bargaining" or "haggling".

Why isn't there a verb for "is" after değerli?

In Turkish, the "to be" verb for "he/she/it is" is usually invisible in everyday language. The first half of the sentence literally reads "counter-on-which-is original vase very valuable". The "is" is simply understood from the context.