Adjectives describe people or things. You’ll need them whenever you want to describe what something or somebody is like. The car is old, the hotel is cheap. You get it. Memorize the Turkish adjectives below and you’ll be well equipped for most basic conversations.

This lesson is part of the chapter “Learning Turkish“.

Basic Words & Phrases: Adjectives

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Important adjectives

EnglishTurkishPronunciation
(Audio)
goodiyitr-sing_good
badkötütr-sing_bad
newyenitr-sing_new
oldeski
yaşlı		tr-sing_oldtr-sing_old
smallufaktr-sing_small
large / bigbüyüktr-sing_largebig
longuzuntr-sing_long
shortkurstr-sing_short
cheapucuztr-sing_cheap
expensivepahalıtr-sing_expensive
light / clearaçık
temiz		tr-sing_lightcleartr-sing_lightclear
darkkaranlıktr-sing_dark
lategeçtr-sing_late
earlyerkentr-sing_early
interestingilginçtr-sing_interesting
boringsıkıcıtr-sing_boring
tiredyorguntr-sing_tired
easy / simplekolay
basit		tr-sing_easysimpletr-sing_easysimple
for freebedavatr-sing_for-free
right / correctdoğrutr-sing_rightcorrect
wrongyanlıştr-sing_wrong
stronggüçlütr-sing_strong
weakzayıftr-sing_weak

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