by admin | Jun 5, 2018 | Turkish language
The main division between past tenses in English is according to when the events happened in relation to the frame of discussion. In Turkish, however, the main division between the past tenses is according to the relationship of the teller to the information provided....
by admin | May 25, 2018 | Turkish language
Something that even native Turkish speakers confuse is the distinction between the suffix -ki and the word ki. Both are important and useful parts of the language, and so it is worth going over their meanings. The suffix -ki is almost exclusively used after the suffix...
by admin | May 15, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
There are two types of consonant harmony in the Turkish language. For the first, you should remember the phrase fıstıkçı Şahap, which literally means Şahap the nut-seller. This apparent nonsense is useful because it contains all the “hard” consonants in Turkish: f s...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
This blog article is a follow-up on Vowel Harmony (Part 1), so please make sure you read Part 1, otherwise this blog article will not make sense. To put it all together, we can use a string of suffixes long beloved of Turkish teachers and a tongue-twister it is worth...
by admin | Feb 15, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
Vowel Harmony In order to provide additional help to new learners of Turkish, Hands on Turkish is publishing a series of articles focusing on particular sticking-points in the grammar that often confuse learners whose first language is not Turkic. These are not...
by admin | Nov 20, 2017 | Culture, Turkish language, Useful phrases
Here are some Turkish phrases for greetings you might find useful when travelling in Turkey. Günaydın – Good morning Merhaba / Selam – Hello İyi akşamlar – Good evening İyi günler – Good day Nasılsınız? – How are you?...
