Easy Turkish Grammar
Clearly Designed Reference Book
Description:... You want to learn Turkish? Easy Turkish Grammar makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Turkish language - whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or for your job. The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help you in learning quickly and easily - with or without prior knowledge. You will be introduced to peculiarities of the language and learn how conjugate, pose questions, and form sentences in the various cases using formulas. The overview tables, conjugation formulas and many examples give you the opportunity to actively learn Turkish and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! I have also included a number of Turkish proverbs and idioms to give you an extra insight into Turkish culture. You can use this book as a resource whenever you get stuck.
CONTENTS
PECULIARITIES OF THE TURKISH LANGUAGE
THE TURKISH ALPHABET (with Audio)
THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS
THE PERSONAL ENDINGS
EXAMPLES OF SIX CASES:
Nominative, Dative, Locative, Ablative, Accusative & Genitive, Genitive suffix -ki
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
VOWELS & CONSONANTS
VOWEL HARMONY IN TURKISH
VOWEL LOSS IN TURKISH
ANAPTYXIS IN TURKISH
EXCRESCENCE IN TURKISH
CONSONANT LENITION / FORTITIVE ASSIMILATION
COMPOUND NOUNS
POSTPOSITIONAL PHRASES
THE VERB "TO BE" IN PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
THE VERB "TO BE" IN DEFINITE PAST TENSE
PRESENT PROGRESSIVE
AORIST TENSE
DEFINITE PAST TENSE (WITH -DI)
REPORTED PAST TENSE (WITH -MIŞ)
PAST PERFECT TENSE
FUTURE TENSE
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE
MODAL VERB "CAN"
MODAL VERB "MUST/SHOULD/HAVE TO"
CONDITIONAL
CONDITIONAL I (PRESENT)
CONDITIONAL II (PAST)
IRREALIS MOOD
CONDITIONAL PERFECT
CONDITIONAL PERFECT (WITH -MIŞ)
PASSIVE VOICE
CAUSATIVE FORM
RECIPROCAL CONSTRUCTION
PROGRESSIVE MOOD
IMPERATIVE MOOD
OPTATIVE MOOD
ADJECTIVES IN TURKISH
ADVERBS IN TURKISH
INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN TURKISH
CONJUNCTIONS IN TURKISH
VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN TURKISH
DIMINUTIVE IN TURKISH
THE VERB "TO HAVE" IN TURKISH
THE NEGATION WORD "NOT"
NUMBERS
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