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Navigation Home page Basic Turkish  Alphabet and Pronounciation Basic Information Grammer Vowel Harmony Vowel Harmony 2 Consonant Changes Suffixes Plurals Personal Pronouns Possession 'To Be' Positive Tense 'To Be' Negative Tense Present Continuous Tense Past Continuous Tense Simple Present Positive Tense Simple Present Negative Tense Simple Past Tense Future Tense 'There is' and 'There isn't' 'Let....' 'If.....' Apparently Necessity   Consonant Changes When a suffix starting with a vowel is added to some certain letters, these letters must change into a different letter to keep the pronounciation smooth. These letters are:   Original letter changes to.. k p b ç c k g t d   Examples For these examples we will use the '-(i/ /u/ü)m' (my....) suffix. The '-(i/ /u/ü)' is only used if the last letter is a consonant, otherwise just 'm' is added.   bed - yatak my bed - yata m   dolap - cupbard my cupbard - dolab m   t kaç - plug t kac m - my plug   köpek - dog köpeim - my dog   kurt - wolf kurdum - my wolf   If the last letter is either k/p/ç/k/t, when a suffix beginning with 'd' is added, the first letter of the suffix changes. This occurs in suffixes such as '-den/-dan' (from) and '-de/-da' (in/at/on).   Examples bed - yatak from the bed - yataktan köpek - dog köpekta - on the dog     Test yourself! Using this vocabulary, change the suffixes accordingly:   wolf - kurt dictionary - sözlük purpose - amaç milk - süt ticket - bilet bed - yatak dolap - cupbard   example - my wolf - kurdum 1) my bed - yata____________ 2) from the dictionary - _______________ 3) in the cupbard - _______________ 4) my ticket - ______________ 5) my purpose - _______________ 6) my dictionary - _________________ 7) from the milk - ______________ 8) from the wolf - _______________       Answers 1) my bed - yata ym 2 sözlükten 3) dolapta 4) biledim 5) amac m 6) sözlü üm 7) sütten 8) kurttan       learn-turkish@hotmail.com   Useful Info Useful Words 1 Useful Words 2 (inc. Verbs) Useful Phrases Numbers Days, Months and Seasons Telling the time Other  About Me Forum Guestbook Links Search This Site E-Mail Me! Useful Verbs  gelmek - to come          gitmek - to go             kalmak - to stay                    yemek - to eat             sevmek - to love         yapmak - to do            olmak - to be      o?enmek - to learn           ö?retmek - to teach        uyumak - to sleep            istemek - to want                ya$amak - to live

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