Breakdown of Kantin çok küçük ama güzel.
güzel
beautiful / nice / good
küçük
small
çok
very
ama
but
kantin
canteen
Questions & Answers about Kantin çok küçük ama güzel.
Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?
In Turkish, there is no separate word for "is" or "are" in simple present-tense sentences like this. For third-person subjects (like "it" or kantin), you just state the subject and follow it directly with the adjectives.
Since this lesson is about the "in/on/at" suffix, how would I say "in the canteen"?
You would add the locative suffix -de to make kantinde. Because the last vowel in kantin is the front vowel "i", vowel harmony rules tell us to use -de rather than -da.
Doesn't güzel usually mean "beautiful"?
It does! However, Turkish uses güzel much more broadly than English uses "beautiful." It is the standard, go-to word to describe anything that is nice, good, pleasant, or even tasty.
Why is there no word for "the" before kantin?
Turkish does not have a definite article like "the." Depending on the context, kantin can mean "a canteen," "the canteen," or just "canteen" as a general concept. Here, the English translation uses "the" because the speaker is describing a specific place.
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