Category Archives: Turkish Grammar

Dental suffixes

Keren, i think this can help you (unless you got everything explained ):
when you need to add a suffix that starts with T or D, it meens you need to add a dental suffixe. If the last letter before the dental suffixe is  f/s/t/k/h/ç/ş/p , then D softens and turns into T, so you […]

vowel harmony lesson with plural Exercise.

ok, here we go Correct me when i’m wrong, people :))
i’ll start with the very very basics: vowel harmony
vowel harmony rule is importait when you want to choose the right suffixes (for example, how will you choose which suffixe for plural (lar/ler) to use not knowing the vowel harmony rule?).
The rule is this: you […]

if clause in Turkish language

Hei folks,
Thank god for making Turkish really an easy language.  It has been a long time since my last post. Since that i have worked very hard, we have celebrated sacrifice holiday in Turkey. but i was so occupied with my East Europe tour. Visited Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.
Can you believe that i was […]

ŞEY - THING

In Turkish, ‘thing’ is translated as ‘şey’ and you will see this word in many sentences.
You can understand this word very easily, if you know the function of the word ‘thing’ in your language.
In your own Turkish sentences, just remember: all the combinations with ‘şey’ are always written seperate! or lets say “leave a space […]

Grammar - Present Tense in Turkish Language

As i promised to my fellow reader today i am gonna teach you present tense in Turkish.
Yeah i hear you some people yelling “we already learned present tense” . Yes you are right but it was present continous tense.
Gelmek: to come
Gel+ir+im  : I come
Gel+ir+sin : You come
gel+ir : he/she/it comes
Gel+ir+iz : we come
gel+ir+siniz : you […]

Turkish Grammar - Noun Adjuncts (İsim Tamlamaları)

Hei guys,
It has been a while again since my last post. Sorry for the delay. But i had a such a great time in Thailand.

Just wanted to share a photo with you. In this while i learned some thai language
Now let’s focus on our subject. TURKISH LANGUAGE!!
Today we gonna study  Noun Adjuncts.
Ali’nin kitabı […]

Turkish grammar Past Tense - Part II

Merhaba everybody,
Today’s lesson is Past Tense. I hear people screaming “we had that lesson before”. Yeah i know i know. But what you don’t know is actually there is 2 types of past tense in Turkish language. One with the -di suffix and -miş suffix. You previously learned the -di past tense. That one is […]

need,i need,i have need in Turkish

i need a pencil. —>Bir kaleme ihtiyacım var .
Do you remember the word “var”. If not please look at the previous lessons. var means there is  also can be used as i have.
the word ihtiyaç means need so ihtiyacım var means i have a need. So the correct translation will be something like i have […]

Turkish Grammar - Have to : Must

To form have to,must sentences the suffix is -meli.
I have to go : Gitmeliyim = Git+meli+y+im.
You have to run : Koş+malı+s+ın
He has to go : Git+meli
We have to say  : Söyle+meli+y+iz
You have to do : Yap+malı+s+ınız
They have to drink : İç+meli+ler
This is how you form “have to” sentences try some in the comments…

with,by proposition in Turkish language

with,by proposition in turkish is the word “ile”.
I came to work by car .
İşe araba ile geldim.
or
İşe araba+y+la geldim.
Both forms are correct . It is like “It’s” and “it is”.
Benim ile geliyor musun? Are you coming with me?
Did you notice something different? Nope?
Let me show you then Benim arabam = my car.
when you use […]

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