Learn Turkish: Orası pahalı bir otel. - That place is an expensive hotel.

Orası pahalı bir otel.

That place is an expensive hotel.

Breakdown of Orası pahalı bir otel.

that place (over there)

Questions & Answers about Orası pahalı bir otel.

Why does bir come after the adjective instead of before it?

In English, we say 'an expensive hotel', putting the article 'an' first. In Turkish, when an adjective describes a noun, the word bir (a/an) usually goes between the adjective and the noun. So it translates literally as 'expensive a hotel' (pahalı bir otel).

Could I just say O instead of Orası to mean 'That'?

Yes, you can use O to mean 'That is an expensive hotel.' However, orası specifically means 'that place.' Turkish speakers often use location words like burası (this place) and orası (that place) as the subject when describing physical locations, buildings, or cities.

There is no word for 'is' at the end of the sentence. Is it missing?

In Turkish, the 'to be' verb (am, is, are) is usually added as a suffix to the final word, but for the third-person ('he/she/it/that'), this suffix is often left out. You do not need a verb to say 'That place is an expensive hotel.' You could add the suffix -dir to the end (oteldir) to make it sound more formal or factual, but leaving it off is perfectly fine and very common in everyday speech.