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Merhaba--Am studying with an older grammar book, and it states that the letter "a" with a circumflex which follows the letters "g", "k", and "l" have a "y" sound to it. I´ve not noticed any mention of it in another text I have. Any help with this? çok teþekkürler.
This is about the pronounciation and it is still valid, actually this is because of Arabic words in Turkish, because in Arabic there are different sounds.
Although usage of "â" is no more valid for some of the words ( it is still used for the ones that we have to differentiate, like ama and âmâ - to make this sign first click shift+3 and then the vowel you want â,û,î ), for pronouncitation you have the read the "a" softer;
e.g. : rüzgar
kaðýt
lale
( a after g,k and l has to be read softer than the normal a we pronounce in Turkish - it is something between a and e)
p.s. both dil derneði (www.dildernegi.org.tr) and türk dil kurumu (http://tdk.gov.tr) dictionaries show rüzgâr and kâðýt with "â", but lale with normal a. As you see, usage of "^"sign became very confusing, and most people ignore it in the written language - however you have to consider when you are pronouncing it.
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