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Countries, Nationalities, and Languages in Turkish

Turkish Vocabulary

Learning how to identify countries, nationalities, and languages is a fundamental step in Turkish. There are logical patterns for deriving these terms using specific suffixes.💡 Co...

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Vowel Dropping in Turkish (Ünlü Düşmesi)

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Ünlü Düşmesi (Vowel Elision) is a phonetic rule in Turkish designed to make pronunciation smoother. It typically occurs when a two-syllable word ending in a narrow vowel (ı, i, u,...

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Possessive Suffixes (İyelik Ekleri)

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Possessive suffixes indicate who owns an object. In Turkish, these suffixes are attached to the noun and change according to 4-Way Vowel Harmony ($I$).Vowel Harmony Reminder ($I$):...

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Vowel and Consonant Harmony Turkish Language

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Turkish grammar is built on the principle of harmony. To speak and write correctly, you must understand how vowels and consonants influence the suffixes attached to words.Alphabet...

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Expressing Desire: "I want to..." (mAk istemek)

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This structure is essential for expressing what you want or intend to do. In Turkish, instead of conjugating two verbs back-to-back, the first verb stays in its "infinitive&qu...

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Essential Turkish Adjectives & Their Opposites

Turkish Vocabulary

Adjectives are the building blocks of descriptive conversation. To help you sound more natural and expressive in Turkish, we’ve compiled the most common adjectives used in daily li...

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