Lesson 7, Asking??

NE? / KİM? (what / who)

- BU / ŞU / O NE? (What is this hat (nearby) hat(further away)?)

- Bu bir kitap.>> This is a Book.

- Şu bisiklet. >> This is a bicycle.

- Elma. >> Apple.

- BU / ŞU / O KİM? (Who is this?)

- Bu Susan. >> This is Susan.

- Şu bir doktor. >> that is a Doctor.

- Ahmet.

AD-SIFAT MI/Mi/MU/MÜ?

- BU/ŞU/O ............... MI?

- EVET, ................. .

- HAYIR, ............... DEĞİL.

A-I: I O-U: U E-i:i Ö-Ü: Ü

* This 4 group of vowels** are one of the main harmony rule groups which we will seeing future many times. You should remember this 4 groups.

So our question ending "MI" changes up to our harmony rule above:

a-ı: MI o-u: MU e-i: Mİ ö-ü:MÜ

This means you need to check your noun´s or adjective ´s last vowel and find out which group it belongs, then choose your question ending according to this vowel.

Örnek (example):

- Bu kitAp mI?                                                         - İstanbul güzel mi?

- Evet (kitap).

- Hayır, kitap değil.

- Şu doktOr mU?                                                       - Film kötü mÜ

* BE AWARE! Question ending "mi, mı, mu, mü" always written seperately from the word!

**

Türkçe´de 8 sesli harf vardır ve 2 temel gruba ayrılırlar:

- Kalın sesli harfler: a, ı, o, u

- ince sesli harfler: e, i, ö, ü

Note for students: Turkish language is a phonetic language and therefore vowels become very important and you should remember this 8 vowels and their different classifications which we will study in due course.  Because in future lessons you will see that all the turkish ´endings´ will work together always following the vowel harmony rules.