Learn Turkish: Kadın çok duygusal bir cevap verdi. - The woman gave a very emotional response.

It is formed by adding the relational adjective suffix -sal to the noun duygu (emotion or feeling). This suffix transforms nouns into adjectives that mean 'related to' or 'characterized by' the root concept, making duygusal mean 'emotional'.

Why does duygu take -sal instead of -sel?

The suffix follows A-type (2-way) vowel harmony. Since the last vowel in duygu is the back vowel u, the suffix becomes -sal. If the root noun had a front vowel in its final syllable, like bilim (science), it would take -sel to become bilimsel (scientific).

Why is bir placed after çok duygusal instead of before it?

In Turkish, the indefinite article bir generally goes immediately before the noun it modifies, coming after any adjectives. So, instead of saying bir çok duygusal cevap as you might expect from English syntax, you must say çok duygusal bir cevap (literally: very emotional a response).

Could I use a single verb like yanıtlamak (to answer) instead of cevap verdi?