How to use adjectives in Turkish

How to use adjectives in Turkish

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Turkish? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Turkish lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Turkish adjectives.

Turkish adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Turkish just like in English.

Examples

yaşlı kadın
the old woman
mutlu kadın
the happy woman
zengin kadın
the rich woman
ufak tefek kadın
the small woman
üzgün kadın
the sad woman
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Turkish is related to many other languages which extend all the way to China such as Turkmen and Uzbek. If you are planning on doing some travelling, learning Turkish would be a great way to make the most of your trip.

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Basic words and phrases in Turkish

Learn to get by in Turkish with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Turkish greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

Bazı erkekler görüyorum.
I see some men.
Bazı ağaçlar görüyorum.
I see some trees.
Bazı yıldızlar görüyorum.
I see some stars.
Biraz elma görüyorum.
I see some apples.
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Turkish

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Turkish adjectives büyük, küçük and peski (big, small, old). Using the nouns kitap, iskemle and kapı (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Turkish adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives büyük, küçük and peski with the nouns kitap, iskemle and kapı you can move on to Step 8 (Turkish Verbs).

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