Questions & Answers about Bu muz çok büyük.
Why isn't there a word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, the "is" for the third person (he, she, it) is usually left out in simple descriptive sentences. You could technically add a suffix to make it büyüktür, but in everyday speech, just ending with büyük is perfectly normal and complete.
If I wanted to say "three very big bananas," would I make muz plural?
No! As you are learning in this lesson, a strict rule in Turkish is that after a number, the noun must stay singular. So "three very big bananas" is üç çok büyük muz and never üç çok büyük muzlar.
Where would I put the counting word tane if I wanted to say "two big bananas"?
The word tane goes directly after the number. To say "two big bananas," you would say iki tane büyük muz. Remember that muz still stays singular!
Why does çok büyük come after muz here, instead of before it?
When an adjective directly describes a noun, it goes before it, as in büyük muz (big banana). But in this sentence, çok büyük is the main point you are making about the subject. The subject is Bu muz (This banana), and the description comes at the end, exactly like how we say "This banana is very big" in English.
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