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Minor Vowel Harmony Lookup

Vowel harmony is one of the most fundamental and important aspects of Turkish grammar. Turkish
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words generally obey two vowel harmony rules, called the major vowel harmony and the minor
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vowel harmony. More important than the words obeying these rules, there are ways these rules
change the vowels in the suffixes added to words. A good understanding of these rules is necessary New in Forums
Should ,means and others difficulties
to be able to use suffixes, hence to be able to make correct and meaningful sentences. ulak: ... ... ya da ... olsalarda, herkesin yemek ... ...
... y...
as low as
Henry: Bence ´as low as´ = kadar az In your exam
2. Minor Vowel Harmony as ...
Ona göre
We saw that the 8 vowels in the Turkish alphabet are divided into two groups as hard and soft si++: Literally: x´e göre = as it looks to x, how it l
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vowels. Besides this grouping, the 8 vowels are divided into two groups as round vowels and flat Turkish to English
vowels. There are 4 flat and 4 round vowels. A vowel´s being round or flat is actually determined harp00n: Derya has a wifi ... i´m using it for e-m
5 kilo fazlam var...
from the shape of the mouth when pronouncing that vowel, but it can also be seen in the shape of Abla: Thank you for your answers, AlphaF, gokuyu
the capital characters. ikicihan.
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nifrtity: I will search for this lyrics more but I didn
Flat vowels: A, E, I, ! it please help me ...
Round vowels: O, Ö, U, Ü turkish to english please
sam1: ...
Turkish to English
insallah: Selam Cnm, bizi hatirladin yine, cok sag
A Turkish word is either a round word or a flat word depending on its last vowel. bir gundu ama hava sog...
sahip (olmak)?
ev[home] is a flat word since its last and only vowel, e, is a flat vowel. Abla: sahip is an Arabic loanword which means ...
as any noun. As...
okul[school] is a round word since its last vowel, u, is a round vowel. Please help me translate T-E
rubyraven7: Thanks Tunci! I really appreciate you
Please let me know if I...
kahve[coffee] is a flat word since its last vowel, e, is a flat vowel.
seni annen mi giydirdi?
Abla: ... by the way, do you have the Turkish loanw
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colloquial in future tense
Now, try to guess if the following words are round or flat. Move the mouse over the right table cell of tunci: Colloquial in Present ... Tense ; [Note: this fo
informal and ...
the word to see the answer.

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meslek[job] ? Random Pictures of Turkey

araba[car] ?
güzel[beautiful] ?

yemek[food] ?
gülümse[smile] ?
çabuk[quick] ?
gül[rose] ?
göl[lake] ?
gidelim[let´s go] ?
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telefon[telephone] ?
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(Correct answers: flat, flat, flat, flat, flat, round, round, round, flat, round)

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Minor vowel harmony states that:
If a suffix starting with -i is appended to a round word, the -i in the suffix becomes -u or -ü. This
depends on whether the word is hard or soft. The major vowel harmony and the minor vowel Profile of tunci
harmony apply to words simultaneously. This means:

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If a suffix starting with -i is added to a hard and round word, the -i in the suffix becomes -u.
okul --> school [a hard vowel]
suffix we will add is -im (gives the meaning my)
my school --> okulum [the suffix -im changes according to vowel harmonies and
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becomes -um]
If a suffix starting with -i is added to a soft and round word, the -i in the suffix becomes -ü.
gül --> rose
suffix we will add is -im (gives the meaning my) Profile of Faily
my rose --> gülüm [the suffix -im changes according to vowel harmonies and becomes
-üm]
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my telephone --> telefonum Story by erdinc

my beautiful --> güzelim
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my lake --> gölüm
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MaryamDahche Feb 07 + -
Its really useful and I´m getting better...Thanks alot!!? Report

purpleflowers2 Feb 03 + -
The lesson was very useful and comprehensive. Thank you very much. Report

bendek Jan 10 + -
not well expalined. its easy Report
a>ı (+1)
e>i
o>u
ö>ü
and same gives same
f.e.
e>e
thats all
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turunc 8/13/2011 + -
Thank you so much, this explanation has made it very clear, I used to Report
guess before (+3)

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This lesson was so useful, thanks! A journey of a thousand miles begins Report
with a single step =) (+2)
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aghasyed14 8/4/2011 + -
it takes time to learn all the vowel harmoneis, but the lesson here is really Report
useful.

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g.bayraktari 7/18/2011 + -
 Araba becomes "arabam". Report

johnvosb 5/20/2011 + -
You show minor vowel harmonies with words all ending with consonants Report
(i.e. telefonum, güzelim, gölüm). How do you treat a minor vowel (+2)

harmonoy with a word ending with a vowel, such as "araba?" Araba´ ım

does not sound correctç Should a "y" buffer be placed in such cases?
Araba´ yım.

johnvosb 5/20/2011 + -
You show minor vowel harmonies with words all ending with consonants Report
(i.e. telefonum, güzelim, gölüm). How do you treat a minor vowel (+1)
harmonoy with a word ending with a vowel, such as "araba?" Araba´ ım
does not sound correctç Should a "y" buffer be placed in such cases?
Araba´ yım.

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