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1.       Jasmine
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 11 Aug 2005 Thu 04:32 am

hi,
i am a new learner here,i am interested in learning language,this class is so good for our learner.but i have a problem now .i learned Turkish grammar "When Two Vowels Come Together" in the test there is a question "how add suffix(ım) to world(soru), i right the answer is (soruyum),but the right answer is (sorum).
why this time they dropped a vowel?

2.       jeton
11 posts
 11 Aug 2005 Thu 01:49 pm

This paragraf that I quote from "Other Basic Rules" anwers you:

"If the suffix -in used as second person possessive is added to a word that ends with a vowel, than the letter i of the suffix is dropped. The same is true for the first person possessive suffix,-im, first person plural possessive suffix, -imiz and second person plural possessive suffix, -iniz."


soru-im(first personal possessive suffix) -> soru-m -> sorum (my question)

Here, the suffix "-im" gives the first person possesive meaning, so wovel is drpooed


soru-in -> soru-n-un(genitive suffix) -> sorunun (of the question)

Here, the suffix "-in" gives the genitive meaning. Therefore, the fusion consonant "n" is added in between.

3.       Jasmine
3 posts
 14 Aug 2005 Sun 02:54 pm

thanks for your rely.i can understand this grammar now!

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