Use büyük to describe something large, such as a room, a bag or a tree.

The idea

Place büyük before a noun in büyük bir çanta, or after the subject in oda büyük. It stays unchanged before plural ağaçlar.

Examples

  • Büyük bir çantam var.I have a big bag.
  • Bu oda çok büyük.This room is very big.
  • Bahçede büyük ağaçlar var.There are big trees in the garden.
  • Bu kutu büyük değil, küçük.This box is not big; it is small.
  • Masada büyük bir tabak var.There is a large plate on the table.
  • Büyük evler bu sokakta.The big houses are on this street.

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Watch out

A big object need not be tall: yüksek describes height, while büyük describes overall size.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu oda küçük değil; çok ___. (büyük / küçük)

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    büyük

    Büyük describes the room as large, the opposite of küçük.

  2. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bahçede ___ ağaçlar var. (büyük / büyükler)

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    büyük

    Büyük stays unchanged before the plural noun ağaçlar.

  3. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu kutu büyük ___; küçük. (değil / mi)

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    değil

    Değil negates the description; the box is small.

Use it today

Describe a large object and say that a small box is not large.