Questions with 'to be'

Since I was clearly confused in an earlier post on the relationship of "to be" and questions, here's the same subject from a different angle.

My textbook says "To turn İngilizsiniz (you are English) into a question, follow these steps:"

Step	Example
Take the statement	İngilizsiniz
Separate the to be ending from the noun or adjective	İngiliz siniz
Put mi in front of the ending.	İngiliz misiniz

Using mi to form a question echoes an earlier post.

English	Statement	Question
I am beautiful.	Güzelim.	Güzel miyim?
You're blind.	Körsün.	Kör müsün?
It's difficult.	Zor.	Zor mu?
We're ready.	Hazırız.	Hazır mıyız?
You're open.	Açıksınız.	Açık mısınız?
They're Turkish.	Onlar Türk.	Onlar Türk mü?

Question words

Handy words for asking questions:

• kim? : who?
• ne? : what?
• nerede? : where?
• ne zaman? : when? (literally "what time?")
• nasıl? : how?
• kaç tane? : how many?
• ne kadar? : how much? (literally "what extent?)

In an earlier post, I mentioned this common greeting: How are you?: Nasılsınız?

Let's break that down.

"How?", of course, is "Nasıl?"

The verb "to be" are handled in Turkish as endings: -im, -sin, -siniz, and -ler. Some examples follow:

Singular	Plural
ben İngilizim I am English	biz İngiliziz we are English
sen İngilizsin You are English	siz İngilizsiniz you are English
o İngiliz he/she is English	onlar İngiliz(ler) they are English

-ler is in brackets because it's usually left out.

Getting back to "Nasılsınız?", it evidently translates literally to "How are?" Apparently, "you" is understood, unless, of course, I'm missing something.

In any event, interesting.