Turkish Adjectives

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Turkish Adjectives

As you know, adjectives are used in front of nouns to describe the color, shape, property, number, and many more details of a noun. Adjectives in Turkish are also placed right in front of nouns like in English. They are never conjugated, never get the plural suffixes ‘-ler/-lar’ at the end, and have no gender-specific form like in other languages. Adjectives can be formed from both nouns and verbs.

Here is a list of the most common Turkish adjectives with their opposite forms:

Güzel Beautiful / Pretty	Çirkin Ugly
Ucuz Cheap	Pahalı Expensive
Büyük Big	Küçük Small
Kolay Easy	Zor Hard
İyi Good	Kötü Bad
Yavaş Slow	Hızlı Fast
Hafif Light	Ağır Heavy
Genç Young	Yaşlı Old
Yeni New	Eski Old (Thing)
İnce Thin	Kalın Thick
Kısa Short	Uzun Long
Zengin Rich	Fakir Poor
Sıcak Hot	Soğuk Cold
Dar Narrow	Geniş Wide
Tatlı Sweet	Acı Bitter
Islak Wet	Kuru Dry
Boş Empty	Dolu Full
Temiz Clean	Pis Dirty
Aydınlık Bright	Karanlık Dark

Although there are no gender-specific nouns in Turkish, you can use the nouns that indicate gender to be used as adjectives in front of another noun.

• Kız öğrenci derse geç geldi.
• The female student came to class late.

• Erkek bir öğretmen sınıfa geldi.
• A male teacher came to the class.

Nationality and Occupations

You can use nouns as adjectives to indicate a persons’ nationality or occupation:

• İngiliz yazar, Türkiye’yi ziyaret etti.
• The English writer visited Turkey.

• Yazar kız Türkiye hakkında kitap yazdı.
• The writer girl wrote a book about Turkey.

Adjectives Made From Nouns

It is possible to create adjectives out of nouns by adding certain suffixes.

If you add the suffix ‘-lı/-li/-lu/-lü’ to the end of a noun, you can make adjectives that mean ‘with ..’ or ‘dressed in ..’ meaning adjectives:

Hız Speed	Hızlı Speedy / Fast
Şeker Sugar	Şekerli Sugary
Akıl Mind	Akıllı Intelligent
Şans Luck	Şanslı Lucky
Et Meat	Etli With Meat
Sağlık Health	Sağlıklı Healthy
Yağ Fat	Yağlı Fatty
Tuz Salt	Tuzlu Salty
Yağmur Rain	Yağmurlu Rainy
Güneş Sun	Güneşli Sunny
Sis Fog	Sisli Foggy
Güç Power	Güçlü Powerful
Umut Hope	Umutlu Hopeful
Endişe Anxiety	Endişeli Anxious

• Tuzlu yemek yemeyi seviyorum.
• I like eating salty foods.

• Yağmurlu günlerde dışarı çıkmam.
• I don’t go out on rainy days.

• Ahmet çok endişeli bir adamdır.
• Ahmet is a really anxious man.

Without Suffix in Turkish

The opposite of adjectives with the ‘-lı/-li/-lu/-lü’ suffix is the ‘-siz/-sız/-suz/-süz’ ending adjectives meaning ‘without …’:

Şekerli Sugary	Şekersiz Without Sugar
Akıllı Intelligent	Akılsız Stupid
Şanslı Lucky	Şanssız Unlucky
Etli With Meat	Etsiz Without Meat
Sağlıklı Healthy	Sağlıksız Unhealthy
Yağlı Fatty	Yağsız Without Fat
Tuzlu Salty	Tuzsuz Without Salt
Yağmurlu Rainy	Yağmursuz Without Rain
Güneşli Sunny	Güneşsiz Without Sun
Sisli Foggy	Sissiz Without Fog
Güçlü Powerful	Güçsüz Powerless
Umutlu Hopeful	Umutsuz Hopeless
Endişeli Anxious	Endişesiz Carefree

• Ben sağlıksız yemekler yemem
• I don’t eat unhealthy food.

• Şanslıyız! Bugün yağmursuz bir gün!
• We’re lucky! It’s a rainless/sunny day!

• Endişesiz bir gün geçirmek istiyorum.
• I want to spend a carefree day .

Without Suffix With Pronouns

You can also add “-siz/-sız/-suz/-süz” to Pronouns and names:

Bensiz	Without Me
Sensiz	Without You
Onsuz	Without Him/Her/It
Bizsiz	Without Us
Sizsiz	Without You
Onlarsız	Without Them

• Sensiz bu filmi izlemem.
• I won’t watch this film without you

• Onlarsız mutsuz olurum.
• I would be sad without them.

• Ahmet’siz partiye gittik.
• We went to the party without Ahmet

• Melisa’sız ne yapacaksın?
• What are you going to do without Melisa?

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