by Dagmar R. | 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 become -ama in accordance with...
by Dagmar R. | 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...
by Dagmar R. | Jun 24, 2018 | Turkish Grammar, Turkish language
Possession in English is dealt with in two ways: you can say “the Queen of England” or “England’s Queen”. In Turkish, both these would be translated in the same way: “İngiltere’nin kraliçesi”. Unlike in the English “England’s Queen”, where only the person or thing...
by Dagmar R. | 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 Dagmar R. | 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 Dagmar R. | 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...
