Turkish

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Try it out with some new and some of the words you already know.

bak!      look!

ver!      give!

dur!      stop!

ye!        eat! 

iç!         drink or smoke!

 

Place names and people’s names (proper nouns) when adding endings to proper nouns you need to use an apostrophe before the ending.

Example

İzmir'de               In Izmir

İstanbul'dan        From Istanbul

Miami'den           From Miami

İzmir'e               to Izmir

 

Now we will introduce some new words (nouns) which have something in common

maç          sports match

dolap        cupboard

sokak       street

raf            shelve

 

So why introduce these words and what do they have in common? 

 

They all end with a whispery consonant.

ç p ş k and f

 

So what does that matter?

 

When adding the ending de and den to nouns that end with a whispery consonant you need to change the d into t to make the ending whispery too.

For example

at five o'clock        saat beşte