The word groups are naturally consists of more than one word in it and they are formed according to a certain order. In the group forms there is a unity in the meaning.
1. Repetitions
a. Repetitions of the same word ;
ışıl ışıl [shining, flaring]
ikişer ikişer [two by two]
vah vah [what a pity !, woe !]
diye diye [by saying repeatedly ]
"Bu sefer onu bulduğum yerde azarlayacağım" diye diye gitti.
He´s gone by saying repeatedly " I will tell him off wherever I see him ".
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b. Repetitions of the words that have close meaning ;
toz toprak ---> dust[y]
Yerleri süpürdükten sonra etraf toz toprak oldu.
After sweeping the floor , everywhere got dusty.
ipsiz sapsız ----> outcast, errant
Bu parka son zamanlarda ipsiz sapsızlar gelmeye başladı.
Lately the outcasts [errants] has been coming to this park.
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c. The repetitions with opposite meaning.
iyi kötü [not bad, more or less]
iyi kötü bir arabam var.
The car that I have is not bad.
aşağı yukarı [roughly,approximately]
alt üst [upside dow]
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d. Exceptional repetitions [ This type of repetitions are formed by repeating a syllable in the word instead of repeating the whole word]
Sıcak mıcak ---> hot or not
Sıcak mıcak farketmez. Çayı getir de içelim.
It doesnt matter it[tea] is hot or not. Bring the tea and we´ll drink it.
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2. Conjunctive groups
Mehmet´in babası ile Hüseyin´in babası ---> Mehmet´s father and Hüseyin´s father
[ Mehmet´s and Hüseyin´s father]
Kırk ila elli ---> [between]
Between 40 and 50
Kırk ila elli kişi ---> between five and ten people
geldi ve gitti ---> [He/She came and gone]
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3. Adjective compound
beş kişi ---> five people
güzel çocuk --> beautiful child
sıcak yaz akşamları ---> hot summer nights
ağaçtan düşüp kolu kırılan çocuk ---> a child who fell from the tree and broke his arm
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4. Noun compound
a. Defined noun compound
Selim’in atı ---> Selim´s horse
pencerenin camı ---> The window´s glass
evin yıkılacağı ---> The house´s demolishing --------------------------------------------------------------------------
b.Undefined noun compound
pencere camı ---> a window glass
Fen fakültesi ---> science faculty
Turizm bakanı ---> Minister of tourism
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5. Groups of ownership
Sizin odanınki ---> the thing that belongs to your room
Bizim odanın lambası çalışmıyor. Sizin odanınki çalışıyor mu ?
The lamb in [of] our room is not working. Is yours working ?[is the one that is in your room working ?]
tarihten önceki ---> something that is before the history
tarihten önceki çağlar --> prehistoric ages [ the ages that belong to before history ]
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6. Compound words
Açık + göz --> Açıkgöz --> shrewd
Ayak + kabı --> Ayakkabı --> shoe
Yeşil + ırmak ---> Yeşilırmak [name of a river]
Çukur + ova ---> Çukurova [name of a place]
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7. Compound verbs
a. Auxillary with noun
rica et-mek ---> rica etmek = to request, to ask for
noun auxillary
dost ol-mak -----> dost olmak = to be friend
noun auxillary
gürültü yap-mak ---> to make noise
noun auxillary
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b. Auxillary with verb
gel + ebil + mek ---> gelebilmek [to be able to work]
verb auxillary
al +ı + vermek ---> alıvermek
verb auxillary
Edited (7/16/2012) by tunci
Edited (7/16/2012) by tunci
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