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Easy Turkish Grammar - 1
1.3- Pronunciation Exercises
Turkish has some specific sounds that do not exist in the most of the other languages. Therefore, it is
extremely important to learn and try to pronounce the sounds as accurately and carefully as possible
throughout all the pronunciation exercises.
Since almost the all of language learners intend to start speaking right away, very few learners pay enough
attention on this essential subject. On the other hand, it is a proven, research based fact that language
learners who pronounce the words slowly and carefully have been showing much better results than
impatient students.
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The eight vowels of Turkish alphabet are divided into two different groups as dotted (front) and undotted
(back) vowels, in order to make a short introduction to vowel harmony rules. Although the letter E does not
have a dot on it, it is considered as a dotted vowel in order group vowels in Turkish language. There are
basic and daily Turkish words that should be memorized in the table below. Now, please pronounce the
Turkish words in the table as slowly and carefully as possible.
Undotted (Back) Vowels
A--Like the U sound in the word CUT I--Like the i sound in the word cousin
SYLLABLES
MEANING
Araba
A - ra - ba
Car
Adam
A - dam
Man
TURKISH WORD
SYLLABLES
MEANING
Işık
I - şık
Light
Ilık
I - lık
Warm
Kız
Kız
Girl
Hayır
Ha - yır
No
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TURKISH WORD
Almak
Al - mak
To Buy
Aramak
A - ra - mak
To Look for
U--Like the U sound in the word PUT
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O--Like the O sound in the word OFF
SYLLABLES
MEANING
TURKISH WORD
SYLLABLES
MEANING
Oda
O - da
Room
Uzun
U - zun
Long
Orası
O - ra - sı
There
Oturmak
O - tur - mak
To Sit
Zor
Zor
Difficult
Uzak
U - zak
Away
Kolay
Ko - lay
Easy
Ufak
U - fak
Small
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TURKISH WORD
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Dotted (Front) Vowels
E--Like the E sound in the word TEN
İ--Like the EE sound in the word KEEN
SYLLABLES
MEANING
TURKISH WORD
SYLLABLES
MEANING
Evet
E - vet
Yes
İsim
İ -sim
Name
Gece
Ge - ce
Night
İlginç
İl -ginç
İnteresting
Eski
Es - ki
Old
Kirli
Kir - li
Dirty
Ev
Ev
Home
Kim
Kim
Who
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w
w
TURKISH WORD
Ö--Like the U sound in the word URGE Ü--Like the U sound in the word NUDE
TURKISH WORD
SYLLABLES
MEANING
TURKISH WORD
SYLLABLES
MEANING
Öğretmen
Öğ - ret - men
Teacher
Üzgün
Üz - gün
Sad
Görmek
Gör - mek
To See
Üç
Üç
Three
Önce
Ön - ce
Before
Ülke
Ül - ke
Country
Özgür
Öz - Gür
Independent
Güneş
Gü - neş
Sun
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