büyük

From Lesson 3:Adjectives·Turkish

Usages of büyük

büyükanne
grandmother
bir büyük elma
one big apple
(Ben) büyüğüm.
I am big.
Büyük restoranı görüyorum.
I see the big restaurant.
(Siz) büyüksünüz.
You are big.
Evler büyük.
The houses are big.
Onlar büyük.
Those are big.
O köpekler çok büyük(ler).
Those dogs are very big.
büyükbaba
grandfather
(Senin) burnun büyük.
Your nose is big.
(Ben) ondan (daha) büyüğüm.
I am olderB than him.
Bu dünyanın en büyük şehri.
This is the world's biggest city.
(Ben) en büyüğünü istiyorum.
I want the biggest one.
Salaklık eğitimdeki en büyük sorun.
Stupidity is the biggest problem in education.
büyüklük
size, magnitude, greatness, grandeur
Kamil'in kafası çok büyük.
Kamil's head is very big.
Büyük Birader hepimizi gözlüyor.
Big Brother watchesSPIES us all.
Büyük fili taşlayacaklar.
They are going to stone the big elephant.
büyük balık
(the) big fish

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Turkish uses vowel harmony, meaning the vowels in suffixes change to match the last vowel of the word. Turkish vowels are divided into front (e, i, ö, ü) and back (a, ı, o, u) groups. Suffixes will use front or back vowels to harmonize with the root word.

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