[Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey]
Adjectives and all modifiers in Turkish must always come before the nouns that they modify when they operate as modifiers. This does not stand true if it is used as a compliment with the verb “to be” in English (e.g. The dog is happy). If you use the number bir as an article, this will come directly before the noun. For example:
soğuk elma –The cold apple
soğuk bir elma — A cold apple
Elma soğuk — The apple is cold.
Adjectives are also not declined according to gender and number like what is common to many European languages. This means that Adjectives behave pretty close to their English counterparts and shouldn’t pose too big of a challenge.
[Updated by Danika_Dakika starting 03/01/22]
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