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07 Jun 2006 Wed 02:49 pm |
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Quoting johnnc: many thanks to both of you for such a quick reply and the corrections. you have corrected the question are you from turkey? i saw the phrase turkiye'lu musunuz in a phrase book -is it correct or is it better to say turkiye'den misiniz? |
I think you didn't read well or your phrasebook has bad grammar 
'Turkiye'lu musunuz' , doesn't exist. Because of the Turkish vowelharmony, such a word is pretty impossible. Let me try to explain 
The suffix -li- means 'with' but is also used for habitants of a country. However, the suffix -li- exists in 4 forms:
li
lı
lu
lü
Which suffix is required, depends on the LAST VOWEL of the word it is added to, according to the vowelharmony.
After e/i » li:
şeker: last vowel is an 'e' » şekerli (with sugar)
izmir: last vowel is an 'i' » Izmirli (someone from Izmir)
After a/ı » lı
Amerika: last vowel is an 'a' » Amerikalı (somone from America)
After o/u » lu
Istanbul: last vowel is an 'u' » Istanbullu (someone from Istanbul)
Trabzon: last vowel is an 'o' » Trabzonlu (someone from trabzon)
After ö/ü » lü
gözlük: last vowel is an 'ü' » gözlüklü (with glasses)
Now let's look at the word 'Türkiye'
We see the last vowel of this word is an e
So it needs the suffix 'li':
Türkiyeli. And not Türkiyelu
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I'm not native Turkish, I'm just a beginner. But i hope i could explain this to you. Take a look at the 'vowel harmony' in the Grammar section of this website. It's a very important feature of Turkish language and without studying it, you can't learn most of the grammar, as it is based upon those vowel harmony rules
Good luck with learning!
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