Ah!
That makes lots of sense
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This is what I was referring to



Except the brand in Türtamek, the European brand name for Tamak. Not sure why they use "Türtamek" as a brand name as it breaks vowel harmony rules - but such is life I guess :-S

becoz its not necessary to search wovel harmony in private names or so...

Hi bod,
Brand names don't follow the volwel harmony rules. For instance 'tamek' is a brand name and it doesnt follow the rule. There could be many reasons why it doesnt. Maybe it is made up of two different words, maybe it is adopted from another language. There are many proper names that don't follow the rule themselves but the suffixes will.
Example:
'İstanbul' has both deep and sharp vowels. Suffixes count only to the last vowel and the last consonant.
Examples:
İstanbul'da (Because 'u' we use 'da' with 'a' and not 'de')
Marmaris'te (Because 'i' we use 'te' and not 'ta' and because 's' we use 'te' and not 'de') So vowel harmony determines the vowel in the suffix and consonant harmony determines the consonant in the suffix (if the suffix starts witha consonant).

We have also many nouns in Turkish that don't follow the vowel harmony rules.
Example:
domates
patates
sigara
bira
Of course when you ad a suffix you still have to follow the vowel and consonant harmony rules. Suffixes always follow the rules. Of course there are exceptions. For instance the present continuous tense suffix -iyor (example: geliyor) breaks the rule by having a deep and sharp vowel at the same time but follows the rule by changing according to the last vowel (-ıyor, -iyor, -uyor, -üyor).
So we say domates+ler (nor domateslar) , domates+in (nor domatesın) , bira+yı (not birayi) , bira+mı (not birami),... etc. and match the last vowels.

There is also a consonant harmony rule with suffixes. If a suffix starts with a consonant it has two forms.
voiced consonant: p, ç, t, k, h, s, ş, f

A word ending with a voiced consonant, when taking a suffix that starts with a consonant, takes the suffix that starts with a voiced consonant. İn other words, you match voiced consonants with each other and vice-versa.

So your example should be "Floss'tan" :
"Floss'tan neden hoşlanmıyorsun?"

I tried to find the thread about singular and plural speech, but i could not find it. Could someone please put a link here of the thread?


About Hayir and Yok.. i guess yok can also mean 'no' in informal speech, because sometimes instead of 'no'/'hayir' i heard Turks answer 'yok yok'. But i guess the explanation of a Turkish person/teacher would enlighten more