"Horses are very big."

Translation: Atlar çok büyüktür.

[melis7992]

When should I add the suffix -tür? is it ok to just say büyüktür?

[Ektoraskan]

When you mean ALL the horses are very big; thus make it an encyclopaedical information, you use -tür.

[Antlered_Moose]

Is this akin to the difference between "apples are big" and "apples are big (in this orchard)"? Would the first use -tür?

[Ektoraskan]

Exactly.

[adonis_nm]

Can I say "atlar cok büyük"?

[Dakota_Marz]

it is accepted as a solution so i would guess so. With that being said i wonder what context would require the ''to be'' suffıx

[Mariane584083]

I think yes: when you say "the horses [implied of my neighour] are big".
When you speak specific objects, animals, etc....
Is-it right?

[Ektoraskan]

Yes, that's it.

[p8c]

hmmm, why not "büyüklar" i am wondering? what am i missing? 3rd person plural. should i be looking at the noun or the adverb to determine the ending for büyüktür?

[Ektoraskan]

hmmm... I guess you can say "atlar çok büyükler". It's unusual, but I've added it.

[ChiBegam]

Can we use "atlar çok büyükler"? I mean "Atlar" are a group of animal, is it OK to say "atlar çok büyükler" in this case?

[Ektoraskan]

It's not incorrect, but everyone say Atlar çok büyük.

[Siman143]

Why ending tur means are

[Mariane584083]

Siman, Ektoraskan answers to your question in his comment above. You can also read in Duolingo Turksih Grammar Portal his explanations. Here: https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/8649151. Thanks.

[Driisz]

İ don't think büyükler is correct.
İ read that:

İ see a car = Bir araba görüyorum.

İ see 2 cars = iki araba görüyorum.

The "iki" indicates that it's plural alread. So araba doesn't become arabalar. Same for büyükler.

İ hope this helps someone

[NahokoTosh]

Or we don't need to say "ler" at the end because we have plural with "atlar"

[Jason354]

When does büyük become büyüktur? İm guessing only when the word are is involved

[AlexinNotTurkey]

Check this out: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/8649151

[rim398505]

Why atlar çok büyüktür and not çok büyük

[Mariane584083]

Hello Rim!
"atlar çok büyüktür" because it a fact that horses are big animals, even though small horses exist: even small, they are big animal, compared to spider...even if horses are smaller than elephants.

[tarekrafei]

I still don't understand why "büyüktür"?

[MrHilmiNevzat]

"Horses are very big."
Translation: Atlar çok büyüktür.

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Atlar çok büyük.

Correct other Turkish answer accepted by Duo without using the -tür suffix.

[dilara626239]

I would say "Atlar çok büyükler" because it just sounds better for me. I live in a turkish family, but my turkish is not that good, so is it wrong to say büyükler? Or just not common?