Questions & Answers about Bu araba pahalı ama iyi.
Where is the verb 'is' in this sentence?
In simple Turkish sentences, the word for 'is' or 'are' is often completely left out. You simply put the subject (Bu araba) and the adjectives describing it (pahalı ama iyi) together, and the 'is' is naturally understood.
Since this lesson is about 'değil', how would we say 'This car is expensive but not good'?
Could Bu araba mean 'This is a car'?
Yes, on its own it can! However, the adjectives that follow tell us that Bu araba is acting as the subject here ('This car'). If you wanted to say 'This is an expensive car', the structure changes to Bu pahalı bir araba.
Is there a reason pahalı ends in -lı?
Yes! The suffix -lı (and its vowel harmony variations like -li) means 'with' or 'having'. Paha means 'price' or 'value', so pahalı literally means 'with a price', which is how Turkish says 'expensive'.