Word
Barış ve halkın özgürlüğü en önemli haklarımız.
Meaning
Peace and the people's freedom are our most important rights.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Barış ve halkın özgürlüğü en önemli haklarımız.
ve
and
önemli
important
en
most
halk
people / public
Questions & Answers about Barış ve halkın özgürlüğü en önemli haklarımız.
Why does özgürlük change to özgürlüğü here?
It is part of a possessive phrase: halkın özgürlüğü (the people's freedom). The word özgürlük takes the possessive suffix -ü to link with halkın (people's). When we add this vowel, the hard k at the end of özgürlük softens to ğ.
How is the word haklarımız built?
It starts with the root word hak (right). First, we add the plural suffix -lar to make haklar (rights). Then, we attach the "our" possessive suffix -ımız to create haklarımız (our rights).
Where is the verb for "are" in this sentence?
In present tense Turkish, you often don't need a separate word or suffix for "to be" (am/is/are). Just placing the subject (Barış ve halkın özgürlüğü) and the description (en önemli haklarımız) side by side naturally implies "are". You could attach the formal "to be" suffix -dır at the very end (haklarımızdır), but it is completely optional here.
How does en work in en önemli?
En is used to create superlatives, meaning "the most." You simply place it directly before an adjective. Since önemli means "important", en önemli translates to "most important."