Tag: @AlexinNotTurkey
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**Turkish Grammar Portal**
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] [Updated by Danika_Dakika starting 03/01/22] Hoş geldiniz to the Turkish grammar portal. Here, you will find links to all of the grammar posts we created for the course in one place. Basics Word Order Pronouns Articles Plurals…
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[Grammar] 4-way Vowel Harmony
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 06/10/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] In Turkish, vowels within a (native) word and any suffixes that are attached to said word must obey vowel harmony rules. This means that vowels tend to either be the same or similar, making words easier to…
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[Grammar] Consonant Mutation
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 06/10/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Consonants often change at the end of words depending on whether they are followed by a vowel or a consonant. If they are followed by a vowel, they will generally change into voiced consonants. For example: This…
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[Grammar] Possessive Suffixes
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 05/14/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Possessive Determiners (my, your, his, her, its, our, and their) are represented by a set of suffixes, all of which follow 4-way vowel harmony, where applicable. These suffixes are as follows: Singular Plural 1st Person -(I)m -(I)mIz…
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[Grammar] Articles
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] There are no articles in Turkish! The number one (bir) is sometimes used to distinguish between the/a(n). However, if a noun is in the subject position, there is no way to tell! Cool, right? This being said,…
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[Grammar] To Be: Copula
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] There are a few ways to say “to be” in Turkish depending on what you are saying. This is shocking since there is not actual verb “to be.” A suffix is used to form “to be” in…
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[Grammar] Plurals
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Forming the plural in Turkish is simple compared to the Accusative case. It is formed using the suffix -lAr. Now you might be thinking, “what is that capital A doing there?” to which we respond with 2-way…
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[Grammar] Accusative Case
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Welcome to your second of the 7 cases in Turkish. You have already been using the nominative case to describe subjects and some objects. The accusative case in Turkish is used to mark specific direct objects. What…
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[Grammar] Adjectives
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Adjectives and all modifiers in Turkish must always come before the nouns that they modify when they operate as modifiers. This does not stand true if it is used as a compliment with the verb “to be”…
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[Grammar] Word Order
I am learning Turkish [Originally posted on 03/25/15 on the Duolingo Turkish for English speakers forum by AlexinNotTurkey] Turkish is a Subject-Object-Verb language, meaning that sentences take on a different word order than that of English, French, German, or most other languages that English speakers most commonly study. That being said, a background in Japanese,…