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Consonant Harmony Lookup

Besides the vowel harmony rules, there are other basic rules that affect the way suffixes are used. A
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vowel following another is never allowed in Turkish, and there are rules to avoid these situations
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when they occur as a result of other rules. There are also rules about consonant harmony, that make
some consonants change in certain cases. New in Forums
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CASE A - Word mutation. Turkish Class on Facebook

Two conditions must be satisfied for word mutation to occur:
1. You have a word ending with one of ´p, ç, t, k´. Random Pictures of Turkey
2. You want to add this word a suffix that starts with a vowel.
If the word has only one syllable, like saç, you are safe. The word usually does not change.

saç-ı --> saçı (his/her/its hair)

sap-a --> sapa (to the handle)

However, if the word has more than one syllable, than the consonant at the end usually changes.
p becomes b
ç becomes c
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k becomes ! Most commented

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And here are some examples to this:
a!aç-a --> a!aca (to the tree)
"arap-ın --> "arabın (of the wine) Profile of tunci

ka!ıt-a --> ka!ıda (to the paper)

geyik-e --> geyi!e (to the deer) Profile of CHiZZY

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There are exceptions to both the single syllable and multiple syllable cases mentioned above. For Profile of BooBoo
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kap-a --> kaba (to the container)
saat-in --> saatin (the clock´s) Profile of Faily

You should still learn and apply the rules though, there are not too many of these exceptions. Ay"e

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CASE B - Suffix mutation. Turkish lesson by admin

Two conditions must be satisfied for suffix mutation to occur: Level: beginner
Lesson 4: Names of nations
1. You have a word ending with one of p, ç, t, k, f, h, s, !. countries
2. You want to add this word a suffix that starts with c or d.
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Level: beginner
In this case, the first letter of the consonant changes.
c becomes ç Antalya - Kaleici
d becomes t
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Examples: Noun states

Leh --> Polish (people)

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Leh-ce --> Lehçe --> Polish (language) Level: beginner

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Türk --> Turkish (people)
Türk-ce --> Türkçe --> Turkish (lanuage)

yap --> do
yap-di --> yaptı --> he did

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mavi marmara Dec 02 + -

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FernandoKenas 8/1/2011 + -
A doubt: saat-in isn´t supposed to be saatın? It´s a hard word. And is it Report
an exception to vowel rules? I mean, two vowels not allowed.

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