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Proper ending after "y"?
1.       bayan_güleç
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 05 Jul 2008 Sat 06:01 pm

Merhaba!!

I have gotten to the point where I think I can say that I feel rather comfortable with vowel harmony of Türkçe, but when it comes to adding endings onto some American/English names,especially those ending in "y", like "Mary", I am not really sure.

If I were going to write "Mary's music" in Turkish, would this be correct?:

Mary'in müziki

Here I am guessing that "y" just takes the place of a Turkish "i".

Çok teşekkürler!

2.       sonunda
5004 posts
 05 Jul 2008 Sat 06:10 pm

I think it should be Mary'nin as the last letter in Mary acts like a vowel.






3.       sonunda
5004 posts
 05 Jul 2008 Sat 06:29 pm

Also the final k in müsik becomes a ğ

So Mary'nin müsiği.

4.       bayan_güleç
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 05 Jul 2008 Sat 06:34 pm

Quoting sonunda:

I think it should be Mary'nin as the last letter in Mary acts like a vowel.



Oh yes! That's right! I got the genitive a bit mixed up and forgot the "n". ^^ Oh well!

Teşekkür ederim!

5.       bayan_güleç
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 05 Jul 2008 Sat 06:36 pm

Quoting sonunda:

Also the final k in müsik becomes a ğ

So Mary'nin müsiği.



O man! Thanks again!!!

6.       mltm
3690 posts
 05 Jul 2008 Sat 07:11 pm

right, because you have to think Mary like "Meri" in turkish.

7.       Deli_kizin
6376 posts
 05 Jul 2008 Sat 07:28 pm

Müzik should be with a Z though, not an S

8.       sonunda
5004 posts
 05 Jul 2008 Sat 07:36 pm

Quoting Deli_kizin:

Müzik should be with a Z though, not an S



Sorry-a typo!!

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