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10.       tunci
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 15 Feb 2011 Tue 02:15 pm

 

Quoting scalpel

 

 

A few words from me on the topic.

They are not adjective, but noun. In Turkish, when a noun used to modify another noun, becomes adjective. So what tells us if a noun becomes adjective is its place in the sentence. 

Bu sersem köpek ... => adjective 

Bu köpek sersem   => noun

Sersem in the second example is the predicate of the sentence and this type of sentence is called "noun sentence" in Turkish.

 

 

 

 Good explanation scalpel..

11.       si++
3785 posts
 16 Feb 2011 Wed 09:54 am

I have found some more examples.

 

As I said in my previous post everything can be analyzed in a simple way by breaking it all up as "modifier followed modified" pairs.

 

And here are some interesting stuff. Sometimes a noun, a compund noun and even a copula may turn into a modifier:

 

baş belası=head trouble, head ache

baş belası herif = head ache guy (a guy who causes an head ache)

Here baş belası is a compound noun and acts as a modifier

 

dünya tatlısı = world sweet, sweet of the world

dünya tatlısı kız = world sweet girl (a girl who is very sweet)

Here dünya tatlısı  is a compound noun and acts as a modifier

 

dünya = world

dünya para = world money (too much money as world)

Here dünya  is a noun and acts as a modifier

 

baş etmesi zor = He/She/It is hard to deal/cope with

See this is a copula (a whole sentence)

baş etmen zor = It is hard to deal/cope with for you.

ditto

 

Now they can be turned into a modifier as below:

baş etmesi zor kadın = A woman who is hard to deal/cope with

baş etmen zor kadın = A woman who is hard to deal/cope with for you.

 

etc.

 

 

 

 

 

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