Word
Dudakların çok güzel.
Meaning
Your lips are very beautiful.
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Dudakların çok güzel.
Is the n at the end of dudakların the buffer n we are learning about in this lesson?
No, it is not. The suffix -ın here simply means "your". The buffer n you are learning about only appears after a third-person suffix (meaning "his", "her", or "its") when another suffix is added after it. Since these are "your" lips, no buffer letter is needed.
Why doesn't the letter k in dudak change to ğ here?
The rule where k changes to ğ only happens when a suffix starting with a vowel attaches directly to it. Here, the first suffix added to dudak (lip) is the plural -lar, which starts with a consonant. The vowel-starting suffix -ın (your) attaches to the r, so the k is safe. If you were talking about just one lip (dudağın), the k would change to ğ!
Why doesn't güzel have a plural suffix like güzeller if we are talking about plural lips?
In Turkish, when the subject is plural but not human (like body parts, animals, or objects), the verb or adjective describing them usually stays in the singular form. So we just use güzel instead of güzeller for "are beautiful".
Why isn't the word senin (your) used at the beginning of the sentence?