Breakdown of Bu parti çok sıkıcı çünkü herkes mizahsız.
bu
this
çok
very
sıkıcı
boring
parti
party
çünkü
because
herkes
everyone
mizah
humor
Questions & Answers about Bu parti çok sıkıcı çünkü herkes mizahsız.
How is the word mizahsız formed?
It comes from the noun mizah (humor) combined with the privative suffix -sız (without). Following 4-way vowel harmony, the 'a' in mizah dictates the use of the -sız form, making it mean 'humorless'.
Does sıkıcı use the same -cı suffix we use for professions or habits?
It looks very similar, but it is a slightly different suffix! The habitual/professional suffix -cı attaches to nouns. However, sıkıcı comes from the verb sıkmak (to bore). To make an adjective out of a verb, Turkish uses -ıcı / -ici, which means 'that which does the action'. So sıkıcı literally means 'that which bores'.
Since herkes means 'everyone', why doesn't mizahsız have a plural suffix like -lar?
Just like in English ('everyone is'), the word herkes is treated grammatically as a singular subject in Turkish. Therefore, the adjectives or verbs that follow it must stay in their singular forms.
Where is the word for 'is' at the end of the sentence?
In simple present-tense sentences that describe a state, Turkish often omits the 'to be' verb entirely. You don't need a suffix on mizahsız in everyday speech, though you might sometimes see the formal 'to be' suffix -dır added (as mizahsızdır) in formal writing.
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