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Unlike in English, Turkish words are pronounced as written. The pronunciation of the Turkish characters in the alphabet is mostly similar to the characters in English. So, pronunciation in Turkish is simpler than in English.
Lesson outline
Hide- 1.Pronunciation of the letters
- 1.1.Double consonants
- 1.1.1.Example table
- 2.Word stress rules
- 2.1.The last syllable
- 2.1.1.Examples
- 2.2.Stress move to the last suffix
- 2.2.1.Example
- 2.3. Unstressed suffixes
- 2.3.1.Examples
- 2.4.The vowel harmony in Turkish
- 2.5.Vowel harmony applied in the plural suffixes
- 3.Exercises
- 3.1.Mark the words exercise on the pronunciation
- 3.2.Multiple choice exercise on the vowel harmony
Pronunciation of the letters
| Word | Pronunciation of the first letter |
|---|---|
| araba (car) | as the a in 'park' |
| bebek (baby) | as the b in 'bank' |
| cep (pocket) | as the j in 'jam' |
| çikolata (chocolate) | as the ch in 'cheap' |
| doğru (true) | as the d in 'dangerous' |
| ekmek (bread) | as the e in 'enjoy' |
| farklı (different) | as the f in 'film' |
| görmek (to see) | as the g in 'got' |
| hece (syllable) | as the h in 'hush' |
| ıslak (wet) | as the ı in 'cousin' |
| ilişki (relationship) | as the i in 'sit' |
| japon (japanese) | as the s in 'measure' |
| köpek (dog) | as the k in 'keep' |
| lamba (lamp) | as the l in 'land' |
| masal (fairytale) | as the m in 'make' |
| neden (reason) | as the n in 'normal' |
| oda (room) | as the o in 'owen' |
| örtü (blanket) | as the i in 'dirty' |
| pilav (rice) | as the p in 'pink' |
| renk (colour) | as the r in 'ride' |
| sevgi (love) | as the s in 'some' |
| şans (chance) | as the sh in 'shoe' |
| top (ball) | as the t in 'task' |
| uçmak (to fly) | as the u in 'put' |
| ümit (hope) | as the ü in 'über' |
| vahşi (wild) | as the w in 'when' |
| yoğurt (yoghurt) | as the y in 'young' |
| zor (difficult) | as the s in 'as' |
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Double consonants
The pronunciation of double consonants and single ones are different. Double consonants are pronounced with a delayed release and has the effect of a long sound. The pronunciation can change the meaning of a word.
Example table
| Single consonant | Double consonants |
| beli (his/her waist) | belli (obvious) |
| eli (his/her hand) | elli (fifty) |
| atın (your horse) | attın (you threw) |
| yeti (faculty) | yetti (enough) |
Word stress rules
According to the place of the stress, words can change their meaning in the sentence. Placing the stress in the correct position in a word is very important. General rules for stress placement in Turkish words are as follows:
1. The last syllable
In most cases the last syllable is stressed.
Examples
- kısa (short)
- kalabalık (crowded)
- çekingen (shy)
- kadın (woman)
Exception: words that don't have final stress:
- some place names: Özbekistan (Uzbekistan), Londra (London)
- some words which are foreign origin: banka (bank), radyo (radio)
- some adverbs: yarın (tomorrow), hemen (immediately)
2. Stress move to the last suffix
The stress moves to the last suffix, when the words that has the final stress gets a suffix.
Example
- pencere (window)
- pencereler (windows)
- pencerelerde (at the windows)
- pencerem (my window)
- pencerelerimin (of my windows)
3. Unstressed suffixes
When the word ends on one of the unstressed suffixes (-ce, -dir, -me, -madan, -se, -ken...), then the stress takes part before that suffix.
Examples
- Sessizce bekledim. I waited quitely.
- Keki yapmadan gitme. Don't go before making the cake.
- Okuldadır. He must be at school.
- Bugün eve gitmedi. She didn't go home today.
The vowel harmony in Turkish
The Turkish alphabet consists of eight vowels and these are: ''-a, -e, -ı, -i, -o, -ö, -u, -ü'' This letters are divided into two groups:
| Back vowels | -a, -ı, -o, -u |
| Front vowels | -e, -i, -ö, -ü |
When the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Examples with back vowels: yatak (bed), kapı (door), dudak (lip), burun (nose)
Examples with front vowels: çiçek (flower), böcek (bug), üzgün (sad), yemek (food)
There are however exceptions:
- anne (mother)
- tiyatro (theatre)
- badem (almond)
- kahve (coffee)
- hangi (which)
- ...
Vowel harmony applied in the plural suffixes
There are two plural suffixes in Turkish: -ler, -lar. When the last vowel of the noun is one of the following vowels ( -a ,- ı, -o, -u ), the '-lar' suffix is used and when the last vowel of the noun is one of the vowels (-e,- i, -ö, -ü ) the '-ler' suffix is used.
| Use (-ler/-lar) | the last vowel |
| '-lar' | -a, -ı, -o, -u |
| '-ler' | -e, -i, -ö, -ü |
Examples with the '-lar' suffix
- oyuncaklar (toys)
- çocuklar (children)
- hayvanlar (animals)
Examples with the '-ler' suffix
- çiçekler (flowers)
- bitkiler (plants)
- belgeler (documents)
Exercises
Mark the words exercise on the pronunciation
Remember:
- In most cases the last syllable is stressed
- If a word with final stress gets a suffix, the stress takes place on that suffix
- When the word ends on one of the unstressed suffixes (-ce, -dir, -me, -madan, -se, -ken...), then the stress takes part before that suffix.
Kelebek (butterfly): Ke - le - bek
Kelebekler (butterflies): Ke - le - bek - ler
Evdedir (she must be at home) : Ev - de - dir
Sözlük (dictionary) : Söz - lük
Yüzlerce (hundreds of): Yüz - ler - ce
Uyuma (don't sleep) : U - yu - ma
Sınıftakiler (those who are in the class) : Sı - nıf - ta - ki - ler
Giderken ( while you are going) : Gi - der - ken
Bence ( ı think) : Ben - ce
Kitaplarımız (our books) : Ki - tap - la - rı - mız
Correct!
Incorrect!
Missed!
Multiple choice exercise on the vowel harmony
Solution
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Köprü
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kedi
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Yemek
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Sözlük
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Yumurta
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kocaman
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Gökyüzü
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kapkara
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
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Exercises
Mark the words exercise on the pronunciation
Remember:
- In most cases the last syllable is stressed
- If a word with final stress gets a suffix, the stress takes place on that suffix
- When the word ends on one of the unstressed suffixes (-ce, -dir, -me, -madan, -se, -ken...), then the stress takes part before that suffix.
Kelebek (butterfly): Ke - le - bek
Kelebekler (butterflies): Ke - le - bek - ler
Evdedir (she must be at home) : Ev - de - dir
Sözlük (dictionary) : Söz - lük
Yüzlerce (hundreds of): Yüz - ler - ce
Uyuma (don't sleep) : U - yu - ma
Sınıftakiler (those who are in the class) : Sı - nıf - ta - ki - ler
Giderken ( while you are going) : Gi - der - ken
Bence ( ı think) : Ben - ce
Kitaplarımız (our books) : Ki - tap - la - rı - mız
Correct!
Incorrect!
Missed!
Multiple choice exercise on the vowel harmony
Solution
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Köprü
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kedi
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Yemek
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Sözlük
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Yumurta
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kocaman
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Gökyüzü
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
Kapkara
Choose the correct word that is compatible with the vowel harmony rules:
Back vowels -a, -ı, -o, -u Front vowels -e, -i, -ö, -üWhen the word's first syllable includes one of the back/front vowels, the folowing syllables should continue with the back/front vowel too.
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I will use the grammar books and my presentations, time to time.
For speaking practice: illustrations, daily conversations
For listening practice: Turkish songs, movies, series
For reading practice: news and articles about Turkey (for advance students), stories, picture books (for intermediate students), texts from language books (for beginner and intermediate students.)
If students need to focus specific area like writing etc. I am designing my class according to that.
In addition, it is because I am using broad material about Turkish media, you will be familiar the culture and sociology of Turkey.
I like to do lesson in creative and in an organized way; therefore, I believe you will learn fast and you will enjoy learning Turkish with me!
I hope to see you in my class :)
D. D.
I have been following lessons with Esra on and off for six months now and sometimes we have communication problems because we have to speak in English and that isn't the native language for the both of us. Having said this. She is a fun teacher and we laugh a lot but I also must admit that she is strict with the time table, starting at 8 o'clock means starting at 8, ending at 9 means.... Other than that, when I have questions I can ask anytime and she will reply and if the question isn't to complicated I get an fairly quick answer, if it gets more complicated than the answer will be treated in the next lesson. Would I recommend Esra hanim. Yes! And I would like to add, she is a good teacher and she has a lot of patience and repeats the things I should know because it was in a previous lesson and I stupidtly enough forgot about it (Turkish isn't an easy language...)
Teşekkür ederim Denise:) and it is not stupidity, very normal when we learn a new language we just need many repetition... and every language has different structure so it takes a bit time to learn it but this makes knowing a different language so valuable. ;)
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Hello,
I was born in İstanbul and I lived there. I hold a bachelor degree in cinema and television at İstanbul Şehir University. During my university years, my stories have been published in major Turkish literary magazines. After my graduation I have been specializing in children's book illustration and literature. I founded children's book publishing house in Turkey. The name is Yıldız Tozu Publishing and my books were released. I worked as an editor-in-chief in the company. I was finding books in the world and I was publishing them in Turkish. I am practically and professionally working on Turkish language and literature. Later on, I moved France to continue my education and works about literature and art. Currently, I am learning french.
I have experience in teaching Turkish in years. Furthermore, I speak English very well (TOEFL B2) and French (B1) it is advantage for students who are beginners.
Here my methodology when I teach Turkish:
I will use the grammar books and my presentations, time to time.
For speaking practice: illustrations, daily conversations
For listening practice: Turkish songs, movies, series
For reading practice: news and articles about Turkey (for advance students), stories, picture books (for intermediate students), texts from language books (for beginner and intermediate students.)
If students need to focus specific area like writing etc. I am designing my class according to that.
In addition, it is because I am using broad material about Turkish media, you will be familiar the culture and sociology of Turkey.
I like to do lesson in creative and in an organized way; therefore, I believe you will learn fast and you will enjoy learning Turkish with me!
I hope to see you in my class :)
B. .
Up until now, I have done three lessons with Esra. I am very happy with it; she is punctual, professional and what I find very important: she easily adapts. If she notices I master a skill, she'll move on to the next one swiftly.
Esra O.
Hi, my name is Ayşegül. I graduated from Hacettepe University in the department of English Language Teaching. I'm an English teacher in a private institution now. I can teach both English and Turkish.
First and foremost, I want to start with one of my favourite quotation from Richard Henry Dana(!) (I'm not sure whether this quotation belongs to him or not, but I liked it. :) “He who dares to teach must never cease to learn.” First of all, we as teachers must improve ourselves about everything such as cultural knowledge, technology, best seller books new novels etc. We should keep up with the times and try to understand our students.
Then we should know students’ interests, needs, backgrounds and their level of English / Turkish. If we know the aforementioned things, it would be easier for us to decide what kind of materials we can use to attract their attention. Also, one of the key points is that we should motivate the students to learn. As teachers we should teach our students why they learn language/grammar/vocabulary etc. rather than just memorization. Regarding teaching methods we can use student-centered methods. We should use examples from real life so they can broaden students’ knowledge. Also using examples from real life, help students to internalize the examples. I strongly believe that we should make our students acquire the language from all aspects including reading, listening, writing, and speaking.
All in all, as a teacher we have lots of things to do. One of our most important responsibilities’ is to help students to understand that they have enough power and capacity to learn a language if they are determined enough....
G. D.
Before deciding to take private lessons, I had been learning turkish by myself seriously for about two years but I definitively do not regret starting the private lessons which are way more efficient and pleasant. I have now been studying turkish with Aysegül for more than 4 months. I would greatly recommend choosing Aysegül as a turkish tutor. She is both serious and well organized (the lessons are well prepared, she also provides the students with useful summary's of the lessons as well as some additional cultural or educative content, she give the students some homework that she always correct before the next lesson) as well as a kind, patient and didactic teacher.
Aysegül Ö.
Hi Guys! I'm Barış . I'm 25 years old and a native speaker of Turkish language.I live in Istanbul. I m passionate at sport and spiritual subjects. I would like to help you improve your Turkish skills ! I will try my best to take your Turkish level forward whatever your level is . ım looking forward to helping you.. best regards!!
M. A.
Baris is very intelligent teacher I think he can understood my needs in term of lacking points in the language then he starts developing my Turkish language Very quick.
Baris K.
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Hello,
I was born in İstanbul and I lived there. I hold a bachelor degree in cinema and television at İstanbul Şehir University. During my university years, my stories have been published in major Turkish literary magazines. After my graduation I have been specializing in children's book illustration and literature. I founded children's book publishing house in Turkey. The name is Yıldız Tozu Publishing and my books were released. I worked as an editor-in-chief in the company. I was finding books in the world and I was publishing them in Turkish. I am practically and professionally working on Turkish language and literature. Later on, I moved France to continue my education and works about literature and art. Currently, I am learning french.
I have experience in teaching Turkish in years. Furthermore, I speak English very well (TOEFL B2) and French (B1) it is advantage for students who are beginners.
Here my methodology when I teach Turkish:
I will use the grammar books and my presentations, time to time.
For speaking practice: illustrations, daily conversations
For listening practice: Turkish songs, movies, series
For reading practice: news and articles about Turkey (for advance students), stories, picture books (for intermediate students), texts from language books (for beginner and intermediate students.)
If students need to focus specific area like writing etc. I am designing my class according to that.
In addition, it is because I am using broad material about Turkish media, you will be familiar the culture and sociology of Turkey.
I like to do lesson in creative and in an organized way; therefore, I believe you will learn fast and you will enjoy learning Turkish with me!
I hope to see you in my class :)
S. M.
I have just started my classes with Esra and she is a very good teacher. She guides you very well through the class with her presentation and provides you with a lot of vocabulary and visual input which is vital to start speaking and constructing sentences. Her presentations and her explanations guide you through a very dinamic class in which the student has to speak and apply the topics learned in a variety of examples. This variety and the structure helps you a lot to start with the language. Her homework assigments are also very carefully prepared and help you with the repetitions to interiorate the concepts learned and to put them into practice. I am looking forward to the next lessons because through this approach we will be able to move at a steady and fast pace!
Thank you Sofia...
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-Writer
Hello,
I was born in İstanbul and I lived there. I hold a bachelor degree in cinema and television at İstanbul Şehir University. During my university years, my stories have been published in major Turkish literary magazines. After my graduation I have been specializing in children's book illustration and literature. I founded children's book publishing house in Turkey. The name is Yıldız Tozu Publishing and my books were released. I worked as an editor-in-chief in the company. I was finding books in the world and I was publishing them in Turkish. I am practically and professionally working on Turkish language and literature. Later on, I moved France to continue my education and works about literature and art. Currently, I am learning french.
I have experience in teaching Turkish in years. Furthermore, I speak English very well (TOEFL B2) and French (B1) it is advantage for students who are beginners.
Here my methodology when I teach Turkish:
I will use the grammar books and my presentations, time to time.
For speaking practice: illustrations, daily conversations
For listening practice: Turkish songs, movies, series
For reading practice: news and articles about Turkey (for advance students), stories, picture books (for intermediate students), texts from language books (for beginner and intermediate students.)
If students need to focus specific area like writing etc. I am designing my class according to that.
In addition, it is because I am using broad material about Turkish media, you will be familiar the culture and sociology of Turkey.
I like to do lesson in creative and in an organized way; therefore, I believe you will learn fast and you will enjoy learning Turkish with me!
I hope to see you in my class :)
Y. .
Esra is very patient and good with teaching my son. He has already learnt a lot in just two lessons.
Thank you. Yusuf is very enthusiastic and smart child to learn the language. I am really enjoying for teaching him Turkish.
For more than 15 years I have been working as a language teacher in Istanbul, Berlin and Hamburg.
After studying Spanish Linguistics at the University of Ankara, I trained as a language teacher for Turkish and Spanish at the DILMER language school in Istanbul.
My methodology focuses on the language skills of the students.
Grammar is trained through direct application and thus stays in the memory.
History, culture and literature offer us a lot to talk about and soon you will become confident in using the language.
Learning a language means learning to speak!
M. O.
I'm really inspired by my teacher and feel confident and encouraged throughout the learning process due to his extreme motivation to introduce interesting teaching strategies and to provide all the opportunities for his students' success. It's vital for a teacher to be adaptable in order to let his students thrive under his teaching style. In this respect Umut is highly dedicated and approachable. He's working really hard to support me as I learn. He's outstanding. He positively influences the atmosphere of our virtual classroom and his way of material representation as well as the lesson management is creative and stimulating. The process of studying goes along in deep interaction and collaboration thus becoming useful and resultative. I'm very thankful for having the privilege of working with such an inspired, energetic and creative teacher.
Umut K.
Hello Everybody,
This is Sumru. I am a native Turkish speaker from Istanbul. I graduated from Translation Studies in 2014 and speak English and Spanish. I lived in Madrid for half a year and in different parts of Australia for a year.
Also the reason I chose Translation Studies is that I have a great interest in languages, including etymology, linguistics, phonetics and cultural aspects of them and I love not only learning about them, but also teaching them.
Becoming a professional translator requires a better command of your native language than your second language, so the Turkish I will be teaching will be more comprehensive than that of a native who hasn't studied languages.
I have been teaching Turkish online in another platform, and now I am on colanguage. I offer individual lessons for students, based on their goals, needs, language levels, and some other factors.
My availability varies every week, so please feel free to contact me to determine the best time for you.
Please introduce your history with Turkish, what kind of classes you are looking for, and any preferences (subject etc.) for the first lesson before or after booking a trial.
I hope to meet you very soon and share this journey with you. Cheers!
E. B.
I am having a great learning experience with Sumru. She tailors her teaching method to the needs and wishes of the students and is very flexible. I particularly like how her classes are a mix between conversation, grammar, reading and listening. I am also learning a lot about the Turkish culture. I definitely recommend her for all levels and whatever your objectives are!
Sumru Dilan Ü.
Hi!
My name is Ibrahim and I am here to teach you the essentials of Turkish Language. I got my university degree on law at Ankara University and subsequently finished my degree on MBA at Loyola University Quinlan school of Business in Chicago, USA. After professional life, I started teaching my language turkish to foreginers who want to speak turkish fluently. I have been teaching Turkish for over 5 years in a customized way with tailor-made course design. I use course materials produced mainly by myself as well as other grammer books and visuals. I use interactive teaching methods and encourage my students to speak confidently as well as to ask anything they have in mind. I also follow my students progress through home-works and reviews of the last lesson. After all, I give importance for my lessons to be a fun environment facilitating learning.
And now, it is your turn to take your part in my class at your earliest convenience to see how it works.
I am looking forward to seeing you in my class.
You can also check my youtube channel "Learn Turkish" at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDZZw9jEPdWImMAwfGkqpGA
Thank you.
Ibrahim
S. B.
I am using my vacations to do a session of Turkish with the help of Ibrahim (5 hours over the course of one week). Ibrahim is quite professional and provides a quality textbook in addition to his own teaching materials designed to facilitate teaching Turkish to English-speakers. He also responded positively to more specific demands. I am happy and fully satisfied by my work with Ibrahim.
Thank you Sebastien it was also a great pleasure for me to meet such a diligent and kind student like you. Thank you for everything. See you again..