Learn some common noun suffixes in Turkish
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Intro |
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| Michael: What are some noun suffixes in Turkish? |
| Dilek: And why are they useful to know? |
| Michael: At TurkishClass101.com, we hear these questions often. Imagine the following situation: Karen Lee upon seeing her friend all dressed up, tells her, |
| "You are very slender." |
| Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Dialogue |
| Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Meryem Atlı: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| Michael: Once more with the English translation. |
| Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Michael: "You are very slender." |
| Meryem Atlı: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| Michael: "Thank you, but slenderness is not that important." |
Lesson focus |
| Michael: In this lesson, we will be talking about noun suffixes or |
| Dilek: son ekler. |
| Michael: By now, you should know that suffixes play a fundamental role in the Turkish language, as it's an agglutinative language. Suffixes are small groups of letters attached to the ends of root words. |
| In this lesson, we are going to be studying suffixes that form nouns out of other words. The good news is that these suffixes have a consistent function in that they always modify the root word in the same way. |
| For instance, consider the English suffix, "-ness," and how it modifies the meaning of an adjective like "happy." "Happy" becomes "happiness," which is a noun. The same thing can be done with an adjective like "good," which becomes the noun "goodness" when we attach the same suffix. In both cases, the suffix performed the same function and changed an adjective into an abstract noun. Something similar happens in Turkish. |
| [Recall] |
| Michael: Let's take a closer look at the dialogue. |
| Do you remember how Karen says "You are very slender?" |
| (pause 4 seconds) |
| Dilek as Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Michael: And do you remember how Karen's friend says "Thank you, but slenderness is not that important?" |
| (pause 4 seconds) |
| Dilek as Meryem Atli: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| Michael: In this short dialogue, we can see how the same word changes, depending on the suffix. First is |
| Dilek: incesin |
| Michael: which means "you are slender," then we have |
| Dilek: incelik |
| Michael: which is the noun meaning "slenderness." The root word in both cases is the adjective "slender" or |
| Dilek: ince |
| Michael: By adding the suffix |
| Dilek: -lik, |
| Micheal: we can transform this adjective into a noun—in this case, |
| Dilek: incelik |
| Michael: As you know, Turkish has to follow vowel harmony rules, so the adjectives can take different suffixes according to the vowels they have, which are |
| Dilek: -lık,-lik,-luk, -lük |
| Michael: Let's give more examples using these suffixes. First is |
| Dilek: kırmızılık |
| Michael: meaning "redness." Here, we have the adjective |
| Dilek: kırmızı |
| Michael: which means "red" and took the suffix that changes the adjectives into nouns |
| Dilek: -lık |
| Michael: Since the vowels in the word red are |
| Dilek: ı |
| Michael: the suffix is |
| Dilek: -lık |
| Michael: so that we get "redness" or |
| Dilek: kırmızılık |
| Michael: Let's give another example with a different vowel. The color purple is |
| Dilek: mor |
| Michael: So if we want to make it into a noun, it takes the suffix |
| Dilek: -luk |
| Michael: and it becomes "purple spot or purpleness," in Turkish |
| Dilek: morluk |
| [Summary] |
| Michael: In this lesson, you learned that a suffix is a small language element that, when attached to the end of a root word, modifies the meaning of that root word. You also learned some of the most common suffixes, |
| Dilek: -lık,-lik,-luk, -lük. |
| Review |
| Michael: Let's review. Respond to the prompts by speaking aloud. Then, repeat after the native speaker focusing on pronunciation. |
| Do you remember how to say "You are very slender?" |
| [Beep. Pause 5 seconds.] |
| Dilek as Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Dilek as Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| [Beep. Pause 5 seconds.] |
| Dilek as Karen Lee: Çok incesin. |
| Michael: And do you remember how to say "Thank you, but slenderness is not that important?" |
| [Beep. Pause 5 seconds.] |
| Dilek as Meryem Atli: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| Michael: Listen again and repeat. |
| Dilek as Meryem Atli: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| [Beep. Pause 5 seconds.] |
| Dilek as Meryem Atli: Teşekkür ederim ama incelik çok önemli değil. |
| Expansion |
| Michael: In this lesson, we have discussed the suffix that turns an adjective into a noun. But the same suffix can also be used to change the meaning of the noun into a new word. For example, |
| Dilek: göz |
| Michael: meaning "eye" but when we add the suffix |
| Dilek: -lük |
| Michael: It becomes "eye glasses" |
| Dilek: gözlük |
| Michael: You can create a lot of words using these suffixes. So, next time, when you see |
| Dilek: -lık, -lik,-luk,-lük, |
| Michael: try to find the root of the word and see how it was transformed into something new! |
Outro |
| Michael: Do you have any more questions? We're here to answer them! |
| Dilek: Hoşçakalın! |
| Michael: See you soon! |
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