Lesson 127 © Turkish Tea Time

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Today, we're reviewing all the major suffixes we think you should know as
a beginner Turkish learner.

Suffix review. Beginner

Dialog

1 | Damla Bugün benim İstanbul’da ilk günüm. Ne yapmalıyız? Sultan Ahmet Camisi nasıl?

2 | Nilüfer Şimdi seni Sultan Ahmet Camisine götürüyorum zaten.

3 | Damla Bir sorum var. Ayasofya Sultan Ahmet Camisinden uzak mı?

4 | Nilüfer Hayır, değil. Onu da göreceğiz. Sen daha önce Türkiye’de hiç gezdin mi?

5 | Damla Genellikle çok az seyahat ederim, ama bebekken ailemle İzmir’e gitmişiz.

6 | Nilüfer Güzel. Bu arada, Sultan Ahmet’ten sonra Kapalı Çarşı’ya gidebiliriz.

7 | Damla Harika! En çok görmek istediğim yer! Oraya gidersek, lokum satan insanlarla Türkçe
pratik yaparım.

Dialog Translation

1 | Damla Today is my first day in Istanbul. What should we do? How's the Blue Mosque?

2 | Nilüfer I'm already taking you to the Blue Mosque now.

3 | Damla I have a question. Is the Hagia Sophia far from the Blue Mosque?
 3 | Damla I have a question. Is the Hagia Sophia far from the Blue Mosque?

4 | Nilüfer No, it's not. We'll also see that. Have you ever traveled in Turkey before?

5 | Damla I usually travel very little, but when I was a baby, I went to Izmir with my family.

6 | Nilüfer Nice. By the way, we can go to the Grand Bazaar after Sultan Ahmet.

7 | Damla Great! That's the place I want to see the most. If we go there, I'll practice my Turkish with
the people that sell Turkish delight.

Language Points

Today we're reviewing all the suffixes we think you should know as a beginner Turkish learner. Below are links to
all of our lessons that teach these suffixes in more detail.

The Personal Suffix (-im, -sin, etc.)

Lesson 5: I Have a New Boyfriend!

The personal suffix.

Dative, Locative, Ablative (-e, -de, -den)

Lesson 8: Catching a Cab

Taking a taxi.

Lesson 39: Getting a Table

Getting a table.

Lesson 75: Dine and Dash

Possession with the locative.
The Present Continuous Tense (-iyor)

Lesson 2: What are you doing?

The present-continous tense (-iyor).

Lesson 26: Taking the Dolmuş

Present-continuous vs. the simple present.

The "With" Suffix (-le)

Lesson 9: This One?

Using demonstratives.

Genitive-Possessive (-in)

Lesson 3: Mom's House

Possessives.

Lesson 23: Cat or Dog Person?

How to say "I have."

Compound Nouns

Lesson 37: A Pirate's Life

Compound nouns.

The Simple Present Tense (-er)

Lesson 119: Küçük Kitty

The simple present tense.

Lesson 107: I'm So Great

The habitual simple present.
The Past Tense (-di)

Lesson 12: One Crazy Story

The past tense.

Lesson 109: People are Delicious

Past tense emotion verbs.

The Future Tense (-ecek)

Lesson 16: How to Rob a Bank

The future tense.

The "While" Suffix (-ken)

Lesson 79: At the Hospital

Saying "when" and "while."

The "When" Suffix (-ince)

Lesson 79: At the Hospital

Saying "when" and "while."

The "Can" and "Might" Suffix (-ebil)

Lesson 30: I Can Do Anything

The "can" suffix.

Lesson 6: I Can't Dance

The "can" and "can't" suffixes.

Lesson 83: I Might Not Make It

Can vs. might.
The "Should" Suffix (-meli)

Lesson 20: Rejection

The "should" suffix.

The Conditional Suffix (-se)

Lesson 34: Come to the Party

Conditionals.

The Inferential Past (-miş)

Lesson 24: Can You Believe Her!?

The inferential past.

The Subject Participle (-en)

Lesson 54: Detective Work

The subject participle.

The Object Participle (-dik)

Lesson 51: Braaaaains!

The object participle.

Vocabulary

cami mosque
pratik yapmak to practice

bu arada by the way

gezmek to travel, to walk around

götürmek to take

Sultanahmet Camisi The Blue Mosque

Ayasofya Hagia Sophia

seyahat etmek to travel

Kapalı Çarşı The Grand Bazaar

lokum Turkish delight

Review

1. Which of the following statements is false?

a. -ken does not follow vowel harmony.

b. -ince is added directly to a verb stem.

c. The accusative is always added to direct objects.

d. -le is another way of expressing ile.

2. Which of the following is correct?

a. Bizim el çantasımız.
 b. Bizim el çantasız.

c. Bizim el çantayımız.

d. Bizim el çantamız.

3. Which of the following are correct? (pick all)

a. gelince

b. uyuyurken

c. konuşun

d. gitmeliyiz

e. benim kediyim

f. onla hediye aldım

4. Translate using -miş: I heard that she did not buy my book (kitap, almak). (write)

5. Translate: The man whom I love loves me, too. (adam, sevmek) (write)

Answer Key

1. c
2. d
3. a c d
4. O benim kitabımı almamış , O kitabımı almamış , Benim kitabımı almamış , Kitabımı almamış
5. Benim sevdiğim adam da beni seviyor , Sevdiğim adam da beni seviyor

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