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| ~ Basic Turkish ~ Important Info |
| Info For Beginners |
| Alphabet/ Pronounciation |
| Basic Information |
| ~ Grammar ~ Essentials |
| Vowel Harmony 1 |
| Vowel Harmony 2 |
| Consonant Changes |
| Suffixes |
| Plurals |
| Personal Pronouns |
| ~ Grammar ~ Tenses |
| 'To Be' - Positive |
| 'To Be' - Negative |
| Present Continuous Tense |
| Past Continuous Tense |
| Simple Present - Positive |
| Simple Present - Negative |
| Simple Past Tense |
| Future Tense |
| ~ Grammar ~ Other |
| Possession |
| Express Need |
| 'There is/There isn't..' |
| 'I can/I can't...' |
| 'Let...' |
| 'If...' |
| 'Apparently...' |
| Telling The Time |
| ~ Useful ~ Information |
| Useful Words |
| Useful Verbs |
| Useful Phrases |
| Numbers |
| Days, Weeks and Months |
| Turkish Slang |
| ~ Other ~ |
| Learning Tips |
| Worksheets |
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The Turkish Alphabet
The Turkish alphabet contains 29 letters, 8 of which are vowels and 21 of which are consonants.
Here is the alphabet, with the vowels in red and the consonants in black;
a b c ç d e f g g h i i j k l m n o ö p r s s t u ü v y z
Pronounciation
Turkish is generally quite easy to pronounce, mainly because unlike English, words are said just as they are written and every letter (with the exception of - 'Ğ') are pronounced. The unfamiliar letters are pronounced as follows:
ç - 'ch' (as in 'church')
c - 'j' (as in jealous)
g - silent but lengthens the vowel before
ı - 'uh' (as in but)
ö - 'er' (as in burn)
ş - 'sh' (as it shut)
ü - 'ooh' (as in few)
Examples
şeker (sugar) is pronounced 'she-ker'
göz (eye) is pronounced 'gurz'
çalmak (to work) is pronounced 'cha-lush-mak'
kadın (woman) is pronounced 'ka-duhn'
utangaç (shy) is pronounced 'utan-gach'
cuma (friday) is pronounced 'juma'
soğuk (cold) is pronounced 'so-ook'
Turkish is generally quite easy to pronounce, mainly because unlike English, words are said just as they are written and every letter (with the exception of - 'Ğ') are pronounced. The unfamiliar letters are pronounced as follows:
ç - 'ch' (as in 'church')
c - 'j' (as in jealous)
g - silent but lengthens the vowel before
ı - 'uh' (as in but)
ö - 'er' (as in burn)
ş - 'sh' (as it shut)
ü - 'ooh' (as in few)
Examples
şeker (sugar) is pronounced 'she-ker'
göz (eye) is pronounced 'gurz'
çalmak (to work) is pronounced 'cha-lush-mak'
kadın (woman) is pronounced 'ka-duhn'
utangaç (shy) is pronounced 'utan-gach'
cuma (friday) is pronounced 'juma'
soğuk (cold) is pronounced 'so-ook'