A1

Basic Vowel Harmony

Temel Ünlü Uyumu

About this concept

Turkish vowels divide into front (e, i, ö, ü) and back (a, ı, o, u). Suffixes change their vowels to match the last vowel of the word.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level A1.

Examples

ev → evler (houses)Front vowel e takes -ler
araba → arabalar (cars)Back vowel a takes -lar
göz → gözler (eyes)Front vowel ö takes -ler

Prerequisite

Turkish AlphabetA1

Concepts that build on this

Possessive SuffixesA1Plural SuffixA1Question ParticleA1Basic Case SuffixesA2Four-Way Vowel HarmonyA1Consonant HarmonyA1

More A1 concepts

Turkish AlphabetTürk AlfabesiTo Be (Olmak)Olmak FiiliExistence (Var/Yok)Var ve YokPossessive Suffixesİyelik EkleriPlural SuffixÇoğul Eki

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