Questions & Answers about Yeni ekipmanımız bile ıslak.
Why does bile come after ekipmanımız instead of at the beginning like in English?
In Turkish, the emphatic particle bile (even) always comes immediately after the word or noun phrase it modifies. Because it emphasizes "our new equipment", it must follow yeni ekipmanımız. You can never start a sentence with bile.
How do we break down the word ekipmanımız?
It is the noun ekipman (equipment) attached to the first-person plural possessive suffix -ımız (our). Since ekipman ends in a consonant and the final vowel is an "a", it correctly takes -ımız according to four-way vowel harmony.
Where is the verb "is" in this sentence?
In the third-person present tense (he/she/it/they), the "to be" verb is usually invisible in Turkish. Placing the adjective ıslak (wet) at the end of the sentence is enough to mean "is wet". You could technically add the suffix -tır (ıslaktır) for a more formal or factual tone, but leaving it off is standard for everyday speech.
If I wanted to say "Our new equipment is even wet", how would the sentence change?
Since bile always follows the exact word it emphasizes, you would move it to the end of the sentence to modify the adjective. It would become: Yeni ekipmanımız ıslak bile.