Questions & Answers about Bu işin önemi büyük.
Why is it işin and not just iş?
In Turkish, to say 'the importance of the work' or 'the work's importance', we link the two words together. We add the suffix -in to iş (work) to mean 'of the work' or 'work's'. This is part of the genitive case, which shows ownership or connection.
Why is there an -i at the end of önemi?
This goes hand-in-hand with işin. When you link two nouns (work + importance), the second noun gets a possessive suffix to show it is connected to the first one. So önem (importance) becomes önemi (its importance). Together, işin önemi means 'the work's importance'.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for 'is' in simple present-tense statements. You just place the adjective büyük (great) at the end, and the 'is' is understood from the context. Sometimes you might see a suffix like -tür added to the very end (büyüktür), but in everyday speech, it is usually left off.
I thought büyük meant 'big' or 'large'. Can it also mean 'great'?
Yes! While büyük physically means 'big' or 'large' (like a big house), it is also used for abstract concepts like importance, problems, or feelings to mean 'great', 'huge', or 'significant'.
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