Turkish Adjectives and their Opposites
Turkish Adjectives and their Opposites
| Adjective | Opposite | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| beautiful | güzel | ugly | çirkin |
| better | daha iyi | worse | daha kötü |
| big | büyük | small | küçük |
| cheap | ucuz | expensive | pahalı |
| early | erken | late | geç |
| easy | kolay | difficult | zor |
| free | serbest | occupied | meşgul |
| full | dolu | empty | boş |
| good | iyi | bad | kötü |
| heavy | ağır | light | hafif |
| here | burada | there | orada |
| hot | sıcak | cold | soğuk |
| near | yakın | far | uzak |
| first one | ilk | last one | son |
| next one | gelecek | past one | geçen |
| aged | ihtiyar | youth | gençlik |
| old | yaşlı | young | genç |
| former | eski | new | yeni |
| open | açık | shut | kapalı |
| quick | çabuk | slow | yavaş |
| right | doğru | wrong | yanlış |
Position of Turkish Adjectives
- Adjectives:
- Words that describe or modify nouns:
- A blue house, a rich man.
Adjectives Precede Nouns
Turkish adjectives always precede the nouns that they describe.
They cause no suffix to be added to the described noun.
The noun can be singular or plural.
The noun can be unspecific or specific according to context.
English uses “the” to make nouns particular and specific.
- güzel kız
(the) beautiful girl - sarı çıçekler
(the) yellow flowers - açık kapı
(the) open door - beyaz evler
(the) white houses - mavi ev
the blue house - mavi evler
(the) blue houses - zengin adam
the rich man - yorgun çocuklar
tired children
When adjectives follow a noun the meaning is entirely different. It is a “Statement of Fact”:
- Adjectival Statement of Fact
- ev, mavi
the house is blue - evler mavi
the houses are blue - adam, zengin
the man is rich
- Uzun geniş yol. The long wide road.
is different to
Uzun yol, geniş. The long road is wide. - Geniş yol, uzun. The wide road is long.
is different to
Yol, uzun geniş. The road is long and wide.