Mark’s Turkish Language Recipe Cards
For us, part of studying, photographing and giving talks about Turkey, is learning the language. Thanks to our original teacher, Yelda, we made some progress at beginner level. In 2021, Mark passed the Turkish course run by the Yunus Emre Institute and taught by Esra, at A2 level.
Most of any language is learning the vocabulary. In Turkish, the grammar is also interesting (to put it mildly). Turkish Language Recipe Cards are each one page for download in PDF format. They can be read in any order and independently of the other pages. I hope you find them useful.
General
Turkish includes a variety of letters not found in the English alphabet
- Typing Turkish letters on a PC Keyboard
Harmony
Turkish words are assembled in pieces. Rules state how vowels and consonants are adjusted for harmonious speech
Noun Cases
Nouns have six cases, and the word endings change for each
- Nominative and Accusative cases (subject and object of sentences)
- Genitive case (ownership/posession)
- Dative case (towards)
- Locative case (static at)
- Ablative case (away from)
Noun Uses
- Plural
- Possession (see also, Genitive case)
- Compound Nouns
- Verbal Nouns
Pronouns
Suffixes
Verbs
- Present Tense
- To Be and how it is abbreviated
- Negatives
- Questions
- Passive Verbs