[Turkish] Beginner 1 - session 3 (2/3) 次要的母音規則

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次要的母音規則

Flat vowels:	A, E, I, İ
Round vowels:	O, Ö, U, Ü

• If a suffix starting with -i is added to a hard and round word, the -i in the suffix becomes -u.
  • okul --> school [a hard vowel]
  • suffix we will add is -im (gives the meaning my)
  • my school --> okulum [the suffix -im changes according to vowel harmonies and becomes -um]
• If a suffix starting with -i is added to a soft and round word, the -i in the suffix becomes -ü.
  • gül --> rose
  • suffix we will add is -im (gives the meaning my)
  • my rose --> gülüm [the suffix -im changes according to vowel harmonies and becomes-üm]

my telephone --> telefonum

my beautiful --> güzelim

my lake --> gölüm