What are the Sound Phenomena in Turkish? Examples and Explanation

Having more than one sound event, which is one of the basic keys to understanding the rich and diverse language structure of Turkish, can cause difficulties for students. If you haven’t fully understood or are still confused by this time, here are the sound events we provided. examples and topic explanation You will understand the subject in a short time.

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What are the phonetic events in Turkish?

• vowel contraction
• celebrity fall
• consonant drop
• Consonant derivation
• vowel derivation
• consonant softening
• Consonant harmony (consonant assimilation, consonant hardening)
• fusion letters

Vowel contraction and examples:

In the present tense writing of verbs ending in a, e a vowel i; The vowel e becomes i, ü.

• begins / begins
• waiting / waiting
• playing / playing
• can’t get enough / can’t get enough
• watching / watching
• says/says
• not coming / not coming
• is watching/watching

If verbs that end in a, e and have more than one syllable take a suffix that starts with a vowel, a contraction is observed in the vowels a and e. However, these are only valid in saying It does not go into writing.

• starting
• will live
• jumping
• since I kept it
• let’s not throw it away
• not coming
• won’t watch
• by not going
• since hiding
• let’s feed

However, the pronunciation of the verbs “to say” and “to eat” i vowel It also goes into writing.

• who says
• saying
• will say
• let’s say
• saying
• eater
• by eating
• food
• let’s eat
• eat
• when you eat
• eat and eat

Celebrity falls and examples:

Vowel falling has an important place in the Turkish language. When we look at the dictionary front, middle and end sound You can see some celebrities falling. It would be more accurate if we examine celebrity falls in different groups.

Some two-syllable words take a suffix starting with a vowel, narrow vowels (ı, i, u, ü) causes it to fall.

• mouth / mouth
• forehead / forehead
• shout / scream
• like / like
• brain / our brain
• neck / neck
• flank / flank
• nose / snout
• idea / our idea
• nasal / nasal
• chest / chest
• your heart / heart
• abdomen / belly
• son / son
• shoulder / shoulder
• turn- / turn-
• rev- / rev-

With words included in the narrow vowel drop in the middle syllable as above If duplicates are made The narrow vowel does not fall.

• mouth to mouth
• nose to nose
• sheep (to lie down)
• shoulder to shoulder
• from era to era
• from generation to generation
• from son to son

When words like “inside”, “shura”, “up” are added as suffixes, the last one is Celebrity does not fall.

• inside not inside
• not from outside but from outside
• not in the future but in the future
• not here but there
• not here but here
• not there not there
• above not above
• not above but below

Some in compound words Celebrity falls are also seen.

• coffee+six/breakfast
• mother-in-law + mother-in-law
• to give thanks / to be thankful
• to lose / to lose
• Güllü Ash / Güllaç
• what actually / how

Some words when you get a construction supplement Celebrity falls happen.

• game-a / play
• forward / forward

The conjunction/preposition “ile” is used in the sentence it connects to. famous fall why could it be.

• with/with love
• with / with his cat
• with / in pencil

Consonant drops and examples:

Consonant drops, difficulty in articulating or weak sounds (g, h, n, l, r, y, z) due to the consonant letter being dropped. In some words, consonants are dropped in order to express the words more concisely and to make things easier.

• quickly / quickly
• hot/warm
• tiny/tiny
• tiny / tiny
• big-cek / big-cek
• once again / again
• is coming / is coming
• junior lieutenant / second lieutenant

Consonant derivation and examples:

Some words entered our language from Arabic, and in their original form they actually had twin consonants at the end. In Turkish, these words are used with a single consonant. However, if an additional or auxiliary action starting with a vowel is added to these words, they return to their original form and It is pronounced with a twin consonant.

• right / right
• feeling / feeling
• rejection/rejection
• evil / evil
• medicine / medicine
• raise / hike
• conjecture / conjecture
• pardon / pardon, pardon
• feeling / feeling
• assume / assume

Vowel derivation and examples:

Especially foreign words in Turkish at the beginning or in the middle Some celebrities come. The reason for vowel derivation is the elimination of structures that do not comply with the sound sequence.

• one and only
• young / young
• narrow-tight / narrow-tight
• a little bit / a little bit
• solid / solid
• broad daylight / broad daylight
• straight / downright

Consonant softening and examples:

When polysyllabic words take a suffix that starts with a vowel, the last one is p, ç, t, k consonants soften and to b, c, d, ğ transforms.

• kelep / kelebi
• tree / tree
• gain / gain
• passage / passage
• wing / wing
• spike / spike
• knife / blade
• closet / cupboard
• horoscope / zodiac sign
• lock / to lock

Even though it has more than one syllable, the one at the end whose consonants are not softened There are also some words.

• monument / monument
• cloud / cloud
• proof / proof
• criterion / criterion

If at the end of one-syllable words consonants p, ç, t, k If there are any, these letters between the two vowels are preserved.

• flux
• attachment / attachment
• emigration / emigration
• how many / what
• hair / hair
• crime / crime

Even if it is a single syllable, the consonant at the end softening There are also words.

• leg / leg
• sky / sky
• bottom / bottom
• wolf / wolf
• dormitory / dormitory

Some in quoted words There is no softening.

• morality / ethics
• republic / to the republic
• document
• law / law
• basket / cart
• tank / tank

When writing proper nouns, apply the softening rule when you add a suffix that ends with a hard consonant and starts with a vowel. not obeyed.

Consonant harmony (consonant assimilation, consonant hardening) and examples:

“Fıstıkçı şahab” If we say the rule, I think you will understand what we mean. In Turkish, words ending with a hard consonant, that is, the letters p, ç, t, k, f, s, ş, h, receive suffixes starting with a hard consonant. The letters c, d, g turn into ç, t, k and harden. Some words such as hac, şad, yad are excluded from this example.

• book / book
• skin / skin
• reason / reason
• method / method
• harmony / harmony
• color / color

Fusion letters and examples:

Two vowels are not found side by side in Turkish words. For this, either one of the celebrities falls out or they intervene. fusion consonant income. Although the fusing consonant in Turkish is actually “y”, the letters s, n, ş are also used for this function.

• door(y)a
• board(y)
• dress(y)e
• will paint
• will feed
• eye(y)en
• when you cry
• read(y)ush
• listen(y)work
• my father(y)
• miss(y)ip
• bag(s)
• mother(s)
• at home(n)
• o(n)less
• your uncle(s)’s(n)’s
• seven(s) each

Although all of this may seem confusing to you, it is actually possible to master the subject by using it a lot and checking it in the meantime. While those who want to write properly can benefit from the dictionary, especially students can frequently take tests and by doing it again It can also reinforce the topic.

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