Use güzel for something beautiful or pleasant, such as a garden, song or evening.

The idea

Say güzel bir bahçe before a noun or şarkı güzel as a sentence. It stays unchanged before plural nouns.

Examples

  • Güzel bir bahçemiz var.We have a beautiful garden.
  • Bugün hava çok güzel.The weather is lovely today.
  • Bu şarkı güzel.This song is lovely.
  • Güzel bir akşam geçiriyoruz.We are having a pleasant evening.
  • Pencereden güzel ağaçlar görüyorum.I see beautiful trees from the window.
  • Bu resim güzel değil.This picture is not beautiful.

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Watch out

Güzel often expresses beauty or enjoyment; iyi can express being good or well. Their uses can overlap.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bu şarkıyı seviyorum; çok ___. (güzel / çirkin)

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    güzel

    Güzel describes the song as lovely in this context.

  2. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bahçeyi beğenmiyorum: bahçe güzel ___. (değil / mi)

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    değil

    Değil negates the description of the garden.

  3. Choose the option that completes the Turkish sentence. Bahçede ___ ağaçlar var. (güzel / güzeller)

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    güzel

    Güzel remains unchanged before the plural noun.

Use it today

Describe a pleasant evening and something you find beautiful.