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Learning the Turkish Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Turkish language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Turkish.
Turkish Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence.
In Turkish any word that modifies a noun in terms of number, shape, colour etc. can be considered as an adjective. For example:
“Kırmızı kalem” which means the red pencil. Here “kırmızı” defines the colour of the pencil. Since pencil is a noun, kırmızı is an adjective here.
“Uzun bir yol” which means a long way. Here “uzun” ( long ) and bir ( a ) are both adjectives because “uzun” determines the way in terms of distance and “bir” in terms of number.
The basic point is: adjectives modify the nouns while adverbs modify the verbs.
Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Turkish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | sıfatlar |
| a green tree | yeşil bir ağaç |
| a tall building | yüksek bir bina |
| a very old man | çok yaşlı bir adam |
| the old red house | eski kırmızı ev |
| a very nice friend | çok hoş bir arkadaş |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Adjectives in Turkish has a logical pattern. Locate the Adjectives above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Turkish.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Turkish placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Turkish vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Turkish Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | renkler |
| black | siyah |
| blue | mavi |
| brown | kahverengi |
| gray | gri |
| green | yeşil |
| orange | portakal rengi |
| purple | mor |
| red | kırmızı |
| white | beyaz |
| yellow | sarı |
| sizes | boyutlar |
| big | büyük |
| deep | derin |
| long | uzun |
| narrow | dar |
| short | kısa |
| small | küçük |
| tall | uzun, yüksek |
| thick | kalın |
| thin | ince |
| wide | geniş |
| shapes | şekiller |
| circular | dairesel, yuvarlak |
| straight | düz |
| square | kare |
| triangular | üçgen şeklinde |
| tastes | tatlar |
| bitter | acı |
| fresh | taze |
| salty | tuzlu |
| sour | ekşi |
| spicy | baharatlı |
| sweet | tatlı |
| qualities | nitelikler |
| bad | kötü |
| clean | temiz |
| dark | karanlık |
| difficult | zor |
| dirty | kirli |
| dry | kuru |
| easy | kolay |
| empty | boş |
| expensive | pahalı |
| fast | hızlı |
| foreign | yabancı |
| full | tam, noksansız, dolu |
| good | iyi |
| hard | sert |
| heavy | ağır |
| inexpensive | ucuz |
| light | hafif |
| local | yerel |
| new | yeni |
| noisy | gürültülü |
| old | eski |
| powerful | güçlü |
| quiet | sessiz |
| correct | doğru |
| slow | yavaş |
| soft | yumuşak |
| very | çok |
| weak | zayıf |
| wet | ıslak |
| wrong | yanlış |
| young | genç |
| quantities | miktarlar |
| few | az |
| little | küçük |
| many | çok |
| much | çok |
| part | bölüm |
| some | bazı |
| a few | birkaç |
| whole | bütün |
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