by admin | Feb 21, 2019 | Turkish language
It has become common knowledge that knowing more than one language is good for the brain. It improves mental flexibility and makes it easier to switch between tasks. I recently attended a fascinating talk on bilingualism which was part of the University of Edinburgh’s...
by admin | Jan 30, 2019 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
Usually verbal adjectives, just like normal adjectives in Turkish, modify a “headword” – which is usually the noun that comes after it. Normal adjective: Tatlı kız – sweet girl Verbal adjective: Tatlı olan kız. – The girl who is sweet. Verbal adjective: Evleneceğim...
by admin | Nov 1, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
In the dictionary, all verbs in Turkish end with the stem –mek or –mak, according to vowel harmony. To make a verbal noun out of a verb, we usually take off the –mek or –mak, and add –me or –ma – in effect merely removing the k at...
by admin | Sep 27, 2018 | Turkish language
There are two main present tenses in Turkish: –iyor and –er/ir. –İyor is a present continuous tense, like “is doing”. The -İ changes according to vowel harmony but the o never changes, so all additional vowels added onto –iyor harmonise on that...
by admin | Aug 22, 2018 | Turkish language
To change a verb to indicate ability or inability, add –ebil or –eme respectively before the tense ending. The –i in -ebil does not change in accordance with vowel harmony, so all additional elements harmonise on –i. However, –eme can...
by admin | Jul 18, 2018 | Turkish language
Please make sure you have read Part 1 of Expressing possession in Turkish. A different form of expressing possession in Turkish comes when a noun is used to modify another noun. In that case, the third person possessive marker on the first noun is dropped, but the...
