Questions & Answers about Sonuç fena değil.
How would I use this lesson's structure to say the result was really bad?
You would duplicate the adjective fena and put the question particle between them: Sonuç fena mı fena. (The result is incredibly bad.)
Can we use the mı emphasis structure with değil to say it is "really not bad"?
No, the mı emphasis pattern isn't generally used with değil (you won't hear fena değil mi değil). To strongly emphasize "not bad", you would either say it's really good (iyi mi iyi) or use an intensifier like hiç with the negative: Sonuç hiç de fena değil. (The result is not bad at all.)
Why use fena instead of kötü for "bad" here?
While kötü is the standard, literal word for "bad", the phrase fena değil is a fixed, highly conversational expression meaning "not bad" (meaning moderately good, or acceptable). Saying kötü değil just means it physically or morally isn't bad, but fena değil is the exact idiom you want when giving a casual verdict on a movie, a meal, or a result.
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