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Vowel harmony when there are no vowels!
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10.       qdemir
813 posts
 18 Sep 2006 Mon 11:52 pm

Even though some Turkish people have a tendency to pronounce MSN as em-es-en that's wrong. The correct pronunciation should be as me-se-ne. Not any English person pronounces TRT (Turkish Radio Television) as te-re-te, he does as ti-ar-ti as it is compatible with English fonetics.

It is therefore the wovel in any suffix attached to msn should harmonize with the wovel "e".

11.       Elisa
0 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 12:26 am

Quoting qdemir:

Even though some Turkish people have a tendency to pronounce MSN as em-es-en that's wrong. The correct pronunciation should be as me-se-ne. Not any English person pronounces TRT (Turkish Radio Television) as te-re-te, he does as ti-ar-ti as it is compatible with English fonetics.

It is therefore the wovel in any suffix attached to msn should harmonize with the wovel "e".



Of course, according to Turkish spelling rules, MSN should be pronounced as "MeSeNe". And yes, I totally agree with you on the pronounciation of TRT in English/Turkish.
But I still have to meet the first Turkish person who talks about "MeSeNe" instead of "eMeSeN"..
Then again, I've only met a tiny part of your nation until now

12.       deer
166 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 12:39 am

Quoting kai:

Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonant

I hope this helps you




Teşekkür ederım - you certainly helped me

13.       bod
5999 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 12:54 am

Quoting deer:

Quoting kai:

Turkish alphabet consists of 29 letters - 8 vowels and 21 consonant

I hope this helps you




Teşekkür ederım - you certainly helped me



Well - it might have been helpful.......
But it did nothing to answer my question

Additionally kai, you list the Turkish alphabet but exclude "â" - can you explain this omission please?

14.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 01:15 am

"â" is not a new letter, just "a" with ^ a signal. not like "ö". ö is a new letter, different from "o", but "â" is not different from "a".

15.       CANLI
5084 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 01:44 am

â is just a light a, which used with foreign words too,because the â sound is not in the Türk alphabet

Even i don't have it in my keyboard :-S

Can any have Turkish keyboard help me here please ?

Where is the letter â in the Turkish keyboard ?

16.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 01:55 am

Quoting CANLI:

â is just a light a, which used with foreign words too,because the â sound is not in the Türk alphabet

Even i don't have it in my keyboard :-S

Can any have Turkish keyboard help me here please ?

Where is the letter â in the Turkish keyboard ?



As you say, not a new letter...
You can write it easily shift+3 and then "a".

17.       CANLI
5084 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 02:00 am

You call that easily ?? lol

İ thought there is a button like Ç and Ö

â,woo hooo,it worked, thanks caliptrix

18.       caliptrix
3055 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 02:52 am

Quoting CANLI:

You call that easily ?? lol

İ thought there is a button like Ç and Ö

â,woo hooo,it worked, thanks caliptrix


Rica ederim.
Kolay gelsin.

19.       aslan2
507 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 07:27 am

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting CANLI:

â is just a light a, which used with foreign words too,because the â sound is not in the Türk alphabet

Even i don't have it in my keyboard :-S

Can any have Turkish keyboard help me here please ?

Where is the letter â in the Turkish keyboard ?



As you say, not a new letter...
You can write it easily shift+3 and then "a".


It works for i, o, u and e as well.
î
ô
û
ê

20.       CANLI
5084 posts
 19 Sep 2006 Tue 11:14 am

Quoting aslan2:

Quoting caliptrix:

Quoting CANLI:

â is just a light a, which used with foreign words too,because the â sound is not in the Türk alphabet

Even i don't have it in my keyboard :-S

Can any have Turkish keyboard help me here please ?

Where is the letter â in the Turkish keyboard ?



As you say, not a new letter...
You can write it easily shift+3 and then "a".


It works for i, o, u and e as well.
î
ô
û
ê



Do you use those letters Türkçede too ?

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