Hi There

I'm am just a beginner at learing the turkish language, am i was wondering if any one could help with suffixes.

Is there a list of suffixes and their meanings or is there a topic covering this.

If any one could just tell me the basic ones it would be a great help.

for example - what is the meaning of the "de" suffix

Thank you so much and sorry if it's a stupid question
Elle xx

read grammer section from "learn turkish"-state of nouns

Thank you. I wil check out this section

de/da/te/ta suffix means in,on,at etc

if the last constanant is one of çfthskpş letters than it must be te or ta

if the last vowel is a,ı,o,u it must be ta
if the last vowel is e,i,ö,ü it must be te

for other constanants it must be de or da

if the last vowel is a,ı,o,u it must be da
if the last vowel is e,i,ö,ü it must be de


Evdeyiz=we are at home
Ev-de-y-iz here y is linking constanant
Uçaktayız= we are on plane
uçak-ta-y-ız here y is linking constanant
linking constants are y,s,ş,n
if word finishes with vowel and u must add a suffix that starts with vowel then you must add linking constant before suffix.
kalem masada=pencil is on desk
bunu derste öğrendim.= i learnt this in lesson.

I think the following link is useful for more information about Turkish suffixes:

http://www.dnathan.com/language/turkish/tsd/index.htm

Good Luck

Serdar, thanks for the link. I've been hoping there was a page that lists suffixes.

I hope this will help you.

The most essential characteristic of Turkish is its use of suffixes.
Where English uses separate words and prefixes, Turkish expresses the sense by means of suffixes. Turkish does not use prefixes except for a few words borrowed from other languages. A suffix is often added to a Turkish word in order to convey the meaning.

The suffixes '...lı/li/lu/lü' and ...sız/siz/suz/süz'

*The suffixs '...lı/li/lu/lü'is used to form adgectives meaning 'possessed of', 'having'


.akıl - intelligence, akıllı - intelligent
.renk - color,renkli - colorful
.ev - house, evlı - married
.tuz - salt, tuzlu - salty
.örtü - cover, örtülü - covered
.umut - hope, umutlu - hopeful

*The suffix '...sız/siz/suz/süz'

.akıllı - intelligent, akılsız - unreasonable, foolish
.umutlu - hopeful, umutsuz - hopeless
.dikkatli - careful, dikkatsiz - careless
.renkli - colorful, renksiz - colorless
.mutlu - happy, mutsuz - unhappy
.başarılı - successful, başarsız - unsuccessful
.güçlü - powerful, güçsüz - powerless

*The suffix '...lık/lik/luk/lük'

This suffix is used to form abstract nouns or the name of the profession. It is usually means '-ness'

.güzel - beautiful, güzellik - beauty
.bankacı - banker, bankacılık - banking
.büyük - great, large, büyüklük greatness, size
.suçlu - guilty, suçuluk - guiltiness

*The suffix '...c(ç)ı/c(ç)i/c(ç)u/c(ç)ü'

Nouns formed by using this suffix indicates the person who does the profession.

.kitap - book, kitapçı - bookseller
.tamir - repair, tamirci - repairman
.odun - firewood, oduncu - seller of firewood
.süt - milk, sütçü

*The suffix '...c(ç)ık/c(ç)ik/c(ç)uk/c(ç)ük'

This suffix is used after noun to form diminutive. It indicates smallness, affection, sarcasm or contempt.

.kitap - book, kitapçık - little book
.ada - island, adacık - little island, isle
.Ali - Ali, Alicik - little Ali, good old Ali

* A final 'k' may drop out before the suffix.

.minik - tiny, minicik - very tiny
.ufak - little, ufacık - tiny

*The suffix '...c(ç)ağız/c(ç)eğiz' is used pityingly.

.adam - man, adamcağız - poor man