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Notes on Vowel Harmony Lookup

Vowel harmony is one of the most fundamental and important aspects of Turkish grammar. Turkish
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words generally obey two vowel harmony rules, called the major vowel harmony and the minor
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vowel harmony.
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ulak: ... ... ya da ... olsalarda, herkesin yemek ... ...
These rules change the vowels in the suffixes added to words. A good understanding of these rules is ... y...
necessary to be able to use suffixes, hence to be able to make correct and meaningful sentences. as low as
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As far as vowel harmony is concerned, we can separate all the suffixes in Turkish into two main harp00n: Derya has a wifi ... i´m using it for e-m
groups. Thinking in terms of these two cases simplifies these seemingly complicated rules. These are: 5 kilo fazlam var...
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Case 1: it please help me ...
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The suffixes with first vowel -i (the suffixes -i, -di, -iyor, -im, -in ...) sam1: ...
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Case 2: sahip (olmak)?
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suffixes with first vowel -e (the suffixes -e, -de, -den, -erek, ...) as any noun. As...
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All suffixes with first vowel -i, -ı, -u, -ü fall into the first group, and they are different forms of this seni annen mi giydirdi?
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case modified according to vowel harmony rules. in Swedish?
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ev-im --> evim (my home)
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dil-im --> dilim (my tongue)

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sol-im --> solum (my left)
göz-im --> gözüm (my eye)

okul-im --> okulum (my school)

üzüm-im --> üzümüm (my grape)

All suffixes with first vowel -e, -a fall into the second group, and they are different forms of this case
modified according to vowel harmony rules.
araba-den --> arabadan (from the car)
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ev-den --> evden (from home)
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kapı-den --> kapıdan (from the door)
deniz-den --> denizden (from the sea) Profile of Prashantsharma

sol-den --> soldan (from the left)

sol-den --> soldan (from the left)
göz-den --> gözden (from the eye) Profile of tunci
okul-den --> okuldan (from school)
kapı-den --> kapıdan (from the door)
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Note that no suffix has -o or -ö as the first vowel. Actually, no suffix has the letter -ö in it and there
is only one suffix that has the vowel -o (this is the suffix for present continuous tense, -iyor and this
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bak-iyor --> bakıyor (he/she/it is looking)

gel-iyor --> geliyor (he/she/it is coming)
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sık-iyor --> sıkıyor (he/she/it is squeezing)
bil-iyor --> biliyor (he/she/it knows)
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ko!-iyor --> ko!uyor (he/she/it is running)
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gör-iyor --> görüyor (he/she/it is seeing)
bul-uyor --> buluyor (he/she/it is finding) Alphabet

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The suffixes in case 1 are affected from both the major vowel harmony and the minor vowel countries
harmony. For example, the suffix -di can become -di, -dı, -du or -dü depending on the word at Turkish lesson by metehan
which it is appended. Level: beginner

ara-di --> aradı

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gel-di --> geldi
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kır-di --> kırdı
bil-di --> bildi Noun states

sol-di --> soldu

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gör-di --> gördü Level: beginner

bul-du --> buldu

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ü!ü-di --> ü!üdü

The suffixes in case 2 are affected by only the major vowel harmony rule. For example, the suffix
-erek can become -erek or -arak depending on the word at which it is appended.
bak-erek --> bakarak (with looking)
sev-erek --> severek (with loving)
sık-erek --> sıkarak (with squeezing)
bil-erek --> bilerek (with knowing, knowingly)
ko!-erek --> ko!arak (with running)
gör-erek -- görerek (with seeing)
vur-erek -- vurarak (with hitting)
bük-erek -- bükerek (with bending)

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Comments (13)

sivko Jan 24 + -
great, it helped Report

Emahe 8/4/2011 + -
very confusing, some examples would help. Report
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sahar elgammal 7/16/2011 + -

cok iyi ders.... tesekkurler Report

Ariegi 1/2/2011 + -
cok zor ders Report

Elva 9/18/2010 + -
I´m trying, it will get to me soon. Report

albanian_girl91 9/11/2010 + -
This lesson wasn´t very easy :/ Report

Saturn_iq 7/12/2010 + -
thank you very much, it´s very helpful Report
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afroditi80 3/1/2010 + -
what? why are there no examples for this? I dont understand this? Report

socklegirl 12/19/2009 + -
Agreed lol abit confusing though Report
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ümit~hope 9/19/2008 + -
yh i agree with u all too Report

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