Intensified adjectives: bembeyaz

Turkish makes an adjective stronger by putting a copy of its first syllable in front of it. Take the start of the word up to and including the first vowel, add m, p, r or s, then the whole word: beyaz (white) → bembeyaz (snow-white), yeni (new) → yepyeni (brand-new), mavi (blue) → masmavi (deep blue), temiz (clean) → tertemiz (spotless). Which consonant is used cannot be predicted, so learn each form as a word of its own. A few are irregular: sapasağlam, yapayalnız, paramparça, çırılçıplak.

• The intensive already means "very", so never add çok: say bomboş, not çok bomboş.
• It works before a noun and as a predicate: yepyeni bir araba (a brand-new car), Otobüs dopdolu. (The bus is packed.)
• büsbütün (completely) is used as an adverb.