Handbook - AB Ofisi - Hacettepe Üniversitesi

The aim of this section is not to teach you Turkish, but just
to give you a rough idea to how the language works.
Word Formations
In English you can make new words by adding something
to the beginning or end of the first word. You can start
with a singular noun and add “s” for a plural (e.g. cat-cats),
or add “ed” to verbs to make the past tense (e.g.love/
loved). Turkish does this all the time, often instead of using
separate words like “my” or “from”. For example “hotel” is
otel in Turkish, “hotels” is oteller, “my hotels” is otellerim,
and “in my hotels” is otellerimde....
There are two types of vowels In Turkish. Usually each
word uses vowels from the same group. Do not forget
there are always exceptions.
“back” vowels are: a-ı-o-u
“front” vowels are: e-i-ö-ü
You need to know about “vowel harmony” to make plurals
correctly.
-s plural ler – lar
hand el hands eller
car araba cars arabalar
with, by
with/by car
ile
araba ile
without
without hand
sız - siz - suz - süz
elsiz
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