kolay: describing easy tasks in Turkish

The idea

Say kolay bir tarif before a noun and soru kolay as a sentence. The adjective stays unchanged before plural nouns.

Examples

• Bu soru kolay.This question is easy.
• Kolay bir tarif biliyorum.I know an easy recipe.
• Bu ödev zor değil, kolay.This homework is not difficult; it is easy.
• Kolay soruları önce cevaplıyorum.I answer the easy questions first.
• Parkı bulmak kolay.Finding the park is easy.
• Kolay bir oyun seçiyoruz.We are choosing an easy game.

Watch out

Easy and quick are different: kolay concerns difficulty, not necessarily the time an activity takes.

Try it yourself

1. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu soru zor değil; ___. (kolay / zor)

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   kolay

   Kolay says the question is easy rather than difficult.

2. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Zor olmayan ___ bir tarif biliyorum. (kolay / zor)

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   kolay

   Kolay describes the recipe as easy.

3. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. ___ soruları önce cevaplıyorum. (kolay / kolaylar)

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   kolay

   Kolay remains unchanged before the plural noun.

Use it today

Describe an easy question and a recipe that is not difficult.