Breakdown of Bir bardak çay ve bir dilim limon.
bir
a / an
bardak
glass / cup
ve
and
çay
tea
limon
lemon
dilim
slice
Questions & Answers about Bir bardak çay ve bir dilim limon.
Why is there no word for "of" in bir bardak çay?
In English, we say "a glass of tea" or "a slice of lemon", but Turkish doesn't use a connecting word for measurements, portions, or containers. You just put the measurement directly in front of the food or drink: bir bardak (a glass) + çay (tea).
Why isn't it written as çay bardağı?
Çay bardağı means "tea glass" (the object itself, which could be empty). When you want to talk about the actual contents you are drinking, you use the container as a measurement word instead. You put the container first and drop the special ending: bir bardak çay (a glass of tea).
Is this a complete sentence? How does it connect to the lesson on yok?
This is just a noun phrase, so it doesn't have a verb or a word like yok (there is not) yet. However, you can easily turn it into a complete sentence about non-existence by adding yok to the very end. Bir bardak çay ve bir dilim limon yok means "There is not a glass of tea and a slice of lemon".
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