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Dental suffixes
Keren, i think this can help you (unless you got everything explained ):
when you need to add a suffix that starts with T or D, it meens you need to add a dental
suffixe. If the last letter before the dental suffixe is f/s/t/k/h///p , then D softens and
turns into T, so you have a suffixe that starts with a T. If the last letter before the suffixe
is a vowel or b/c/d/g/j/l/m/n/r/z (did i miss any consonants?), you simply add the suffix
that starts with letter D. For example:
gitTim (i went)
korkTum (i was scared)
kTm (i went out)
BUT
yazDm (i wrote)
deDim (i said)
oturDum (i sat)
Your task would be to add dental suffixes to the chosen verbs (find some interesting
verbs that would be useful to know (if possible)).

Best phrase to remember f/s/t/k/h///p is ift Haseki Paa remove the vowel sounds.
Comments 3
1. Keren cute wrote:
kazandn you won (I am not so sure :D)
tuttun you hold
utum I flew
sevdin you loved
buldular they found
yardm ettim I helped
uyudun you slept
yrdk we walked
correct me if I am wrong,
Posted 06 Oct 2009 at 11:08 am
2. Keren cute wrote:
I wanna add more
hissettim I felt
inandn you believed
mutluduk we was happy<i believe it should have been mutluyduk ill try to
find an explanation for that
oynadn we played< YOU played
ptm I kissed
aldk we bought
well done!
Posted 06 Oct 2009 at 11:15 am
3. LearnTurkishNow! wrote:
Herkese merhaba,
Mutlu-y-duk is actually
Mutlu + idik: mutlu ends with a consanant and idik start with a consanant.
but it becomes
mutlu-y-duk (note that the infusion letter y goes in the middle and idik
becomes duk to comply with the vowel harmony)
Selamlar,
Yasemin
Posted 02 Nov 2009 at 9:45 am
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