Turkish

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Personal Pronouns

I                              ben

You (informal)       sen     formal?  ______  

he, she or it              o

we                           biz

you                          siz

they                         onlar 

We will return to this but in the meantime will give you a few new words to add to your list

Türkçesi ne? -  What is it in Turkish?    

 pul - stamp,  

jeton - token for use in public phone,

inecek var - I want to get out/off,   

 sıcak su - hot water

 

Am, are, is - are different parts of the verb to be.

In Turkish you use different endings for the verb to be

im  sin  iz  siniz  ler

examples

Güzel                                    beautiful

Ben güzelim                        I am beautiful

Sen güzelsin                       You are beautiful

O güzel                                He/she/it is beautiful   

Biz güzeliz                           We are beautiful

Siz güzelsiniz                       You are beautiful

Onlar güzel(ler)                    They are beautiful 

You will have noticed that there is no ending after the O form and the ler after the onlar form is in brackets.  The reason for this is that the O form has no ending and the ler ending is usually left out.

All of these endings follow the i type vowel harmony the same as mı mi mu and mü wıth the execptıon of the they form

ım after ı, a

im after i, e

um after u, o

üm after ü, ö

 

They form

ler after i, e, ü, ö

lar after ı, a, u, o