Im not a complete beginner I lived in Turkey for 4 years but never had time to do a course or get down to understanding the foundations and of course when I did there was always an unexplained spanner thrown in in the works of something set out logically that made me turn away from learninging this language.
For example
On your beginner page of pronounds you have started with ben sen etc guzel etc then you go onto Kotu ( sorry english keyboard) and suddenly a -y- um appears and there is no explanation. Things like this put people off. Yes I understand it has something to do with the personal pronouns but I dont know what the explanation is for this sudden change.
Ive been looking at many a Turkish site for language and as I have said everything is going great for the first few paragraphs then suddenly something comes from nowhere that makes no logical sense and I become demotivated and think to hell with it I cant learn this language................please explain.....
First of all, welcome!
Have you searched this site because there are lessons explaining what you have asked?
Here´s some info from me:
Güzel = beautiful
(Ben) güzel-im = (I) am beautiful
-im is a suffix meaning "I am"
(Ben) meaning "I" is usually left out because -im suffix conveys enough info that the grammatical person is "ben" (I). This is usually not true (or possible) for English because although "am" is unique to "I", other forms (is&are) are shared by more than one grammatical persons.
This is however possible for some other European languages. In Italian for example
(Io) sono bello = I am beautiful
(Tu) sei bella = You are beautiful
(Lui) é bello = He is beautiful
(Lei) é bella = She is beautiful
(Noi) siamo belli = We are beautiful
(Voi) siete belli = You are beautiful
(Loro) sono belli = They are beautiful
The same thing as in Italian valid for Turkish also but using suffixes this time:
(Ben) güzel-im = I am beautiful
(Sen) güzel-sin = You are beautiful
(O) güzel-. = He/She/It is beautiful
(Biz) güzel-iz = We are beautiful
(Siz) güzel-siniz = You are beautiful
(Onlar) güzel-(ler) = They are beautiful
Note the 3rd person (single/plural):
- There is one person for he/she/it which is "o"
- There is no suffix for "o" (shown as -.)
- -lar/-ler may be dropped if "onlar" (they) is used (Onlar güzel=they are beautiful or Onlar güzeller=they are beautiful)
And the last info for showing peronal pronouns between (). They are usully left out. When they are used they stress the meaning:
Ben güzel-im = I am beautiful (More like = It´s me who is beautiful or = I am beautiful, You are not so much as I am)
Cheers!
Edited (10/20/2010) by si++
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