Language |
|
|
|
|
|
Vowel Harmony 2 lesson.
|
| 1. |
08 Nov 2005 Tue 08:37 pm |
|
I understand hard vowels & soft vowels, flat vowels and round vowels. But I don't understand what happens to the suffix that's added to a flat word (it's not mentioned)do only the rules of the major vowel harmony apply?
Thanks in advance
Diane
|
|
| 2. |
08 Nov 2005 Tue 08:59 pm |
|
Quote: I understand hard vowels & soft vowels, flat vowels and round vowels. But I don't understand what happens to the suffix that's added to a flat word (it's not mentioned)do only the rules of the major vowel harmony apply?
|
You always have to look at the major vowel harmony first. For example:
"I go home" is "Eve gidiyor", because the vowel in ev is a soft one. So you add -e and not -a. There are only two suffixes to express a direction, -e and -a, so you don't have to look at the minor vowel harmony.
But when you want to use the Present Tense (Simdiki Zaman) for example, you have to know the minor vowel harmony.
Example:
infinitive is "gelmek". You drop -mek, look at the vowel, and see that you have to use a suffix with a soft vowel. So you can only choose between -iyor and -üyor. Now you have to use the minor vowel harmony. As the "e" in "gel" is soft and flat, you have to use a soft and flat suffix. In this case it would be -iyor.
When you look at a verb like "yatmak" and drop the -mak, you see that "a" is a hard and flat vowel. So you have to use a hard and flat suffix: ıyor, as "a" is not a round vowel. So you can't use uyor, which is hard but round.
With "oturmak" for example you have to add a hard and round vowel suffix. You tell which one? 
|
|
| 3. |
08 Nov 2005 Tue 09:13 pm |
|
Quote: With "oturmak" for example you have to add a hard and round vowel suffix. You tell which one? |
uyor?
I think I understand better now, thanks for your help. 
|
|
| 4. |
08 Nov 2005 Tue 09:20 pm |
|
Doğru!! You'll get used to it soon, it just needs a bit of practice. I noticed that, after a while, you apply those rules almost automatically. When you say those vowels aloud, you will feel the difference. The hard vowels come from deeper in your throat.
Elisa
|
|
| 5. |
08 Nov 2005 Tue 09:24 pm |
|
Thanks for your help Elisa!
|
|
|
