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1.       ..Laulau..
209 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 08:10 pm

In the lessons on this site it says that two vowels together are not allowed in turkish. But when i started to learn some words from a teach yourself turkish book it said certainly means tabii (two vowels together) i looked it up in the dictionary incase it was a typing error and it also says ´tabii´. Is it just when a suffix is added when two vowels cant be together ? :S

2.       ReyhanL
1961 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 08:28 pm

Exceptions are words loan from other languages.

3.       angel_of_death
686 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 08:29 pm

 

Quoting ..Laulau..

In the lessons on this site it says that two vowels together are not allowed in turkish. But when i started to learn some words from a teach yourself turkish book it said certainly means tabii (two vowels together) i looked it up in the dictionary incase it was a typing error and it also says ´tabii´. Is it just when a suffix is added when two vowels cant be together ? :S

 

Hmm.. as far as I know, this rule is only valid for Turkish-rooted words.  And tabii is not a Turkish word as far as I am concerned=)(according to the turkish language society´s dictionary, it is an Arabic-rooted word).. its equivalent in Turkish is "doğal".

 

but you may have meant "tabi" as in "tabi ki".. but it is written with only one "i".. it is a common typing mistake..

4.       ReyhanL
1961 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 08:42 pm

 

Quoting angel_of_death

 

 

Hmm.. as far as I know, this rule is only valid for Turkish-rooted words.  And tabii is not a Turkish word as far as I am concerned=)(according to the turkish language society´s dictionary, it is an Arabic-rooted word).. its equivalent in Turkish is "doğal".

 

but you may have meant "tabi" as in "tabi ki".. but it is written with only one "i".. it is a common typing mistake..

 

 İts written ´Tabii ki´  with double i as far as i know..

5.       sonunda
5004 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:04 pm

 

Quoting ReyhanL

Exceptions are words loan from other languages.

 

e.g. saat

6.       Trudy
7887 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:06 pm

 

Quoting sonunda

 

 

e.g. saat

 

And ´haavalani´.

7.       ReyhanL
1961 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:20 pm

 

Quoting Trudy

 

 

And ´haavalani´.

 

 There isnt any ´haavalanı´ but ´ havaalanı´

8.       ..Laulau..
209 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:23 pm

Ohh ok thanks everyone!

9.       ally81
461 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:26 pm

 

Quoting sonunda

 

 

e.g. saat

 

And maalesef - meaning - unfortunately 

 

Oh and be careful of words like meşgul as if you look carefully you´ll see that it´s letters aren´t following vowel harmony, and meşgul tripped me up once before when adding a suffix

here ---> T-E lutfen

 

 

10.       sonunda
5004 posts
 14 Dec 2009 Mon 09:32 pm

 

Quoting ReyhanL

 

 

 There isnt any ´haavalanı´ but ´ havaalanı´

 

I was just going to say that!

This is an example of a composite noun (two words joined together) which are exceptions to the ´no two vowels together´ rule. (hava alani)



Edited (12/14/2009) by sonunda

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