Use genç for a young person or another young living thing.

The idea

Say genç bir öğretmen before a noun and müzisyen genç as a sentence. It stays unchanged before plural nouns.

Examples

  • Genç bir öğretmen tanıyorum.I know a young teacher.
  • Bu müzisyen çok genç.This musician is very young.
  • Genç ağaçlar bahçede.The young trees are in the garden.
  • Dedem genç değil, yaşlı.My grandfather is not young; he is old.
  • Genç insanlar burada çalışıyor.Young people work here.
  • Komşumuz genç ve neşeli.Our neighbour is young and cheerful.

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Watch out

A young teacher and a new teacher are different ideas: genç concerns age; yeni can describe a new role.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu öğretmen yaşlı değil; ___. (genç / yaşlı)

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    genç

    Genç describes the teacher as young, not old.

  2. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu ağaçlar yaşlı değil: ___ ağaçlar. (genç / gençler)

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    genç

    Genç remains unchanged before the plural noun ağaçlar.

  3. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Dedem genç ___; yaşlı. (değil / mi)

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    değil

    Değil negates genç: the grandfather is old.

Use it today

Describe a young person and a young tree.