Learn Turkish: Bu lokantanın kebabı çok lezzetli. - This restaurant's kebab is very delicious.

In Turkish, to say "the restaurant's kebab," you use a two-part relationship. You add the genitive suffix -nın to lokanta to mean "of the restaurant," and you must also add a possessive ending -ı to kebap to mean "its kebab." Literally, the structure is "this restaurant-of kebab-its."

Why is it spelled kebabı with a b instead of a p?

The dictionary word is kebap. When a Turkish word ends in p, ç, t, or k and you add a suffix starting with a vowel (like the possessive -ı here), the final consonant usually softens. Here, the hard p changes to a softer b.

What does the -li at the end of lezzetli do?

The suffix -li (which can also be -lı, -lu, or -lü) means "with" or "having." The base word lezzet is a noun meaning "taste" or "flavor." By adding -li, it turns into an adjective meaning "having flavor" or "delicious."

Where is the word for "is" in this sentence?