A prenominal adjective occurs before the noun.
[red apple] exist
'There is a red apple.'
(Nuhbaloğlu and Özsoy 2014: 15)
A postnominal adjective occurs after the noun.
[rabbit big] strong
'The big strong rabbit'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 8)
The adjectives for size, age, color and value follow the head noun. young below expresses the age.
[person young] internet like
'The young person likes internet.'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
cool below expresses the value.
[man cool] put_on_coat
'The cool man is putting on his coat.'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
Adjectives for physical properties, human characteristic/propensities and speed usually follow the head noun as well. The following are examples of a physical property and a human propensity, respectively.
square uneven
'uneven square'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
[husband very jealous] problem
'A very jealous husband is a problem.'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
Adjectives for difficulty, similarity and location also occur postnominally. The examples below exemplify adjectives of these notions respectively.
exam [question difficult] there_ıs
'There was/is a difficult question in the exam.'
(adapted from Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
[place different] stay
'S/he lives in a different place.'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
sibling [building high] live
'My sibling lives in a high building'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 7)
Adjectives can also occur prenominally in TÄ°D as the following examples show:
long beard
'long beard'
brown beard
'brown beard'
pointed head
'pointed head'
round box
'round box'
hot coffee
'hot coffee'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 6)
Adjectives that indicate similarity or opposition can also occur prenominally. For instance, the adjective other occurs prenominally below.
[other dog] fish eat^neg
'The other dog didn't eat the fish.'
(Özsoy et al. 2012: 8)