Day 2: Two-way vowel harmony

Turkish uses vowel harmony to help the language flow more smoothly. The vowel in a termination/suffix changes to harmonise with the last vowel in the word it is added to.

Turkish vowels are either front or back vowels (based on tongue position when pronouncing them).

☪︎ Back vowels: a, ı, o, u

☪︎ Front vowels: e, i, ö, ü

For suffixes with two options, back vowels will use the back vowel suffix (a) and front vowels will use the front suffix (e).

Example: suffix ler/lar (used to pluralise words)

Back vowels > lar

☪︎ Arkadaş > arkadaşlar (friend > friends)

☪︎ Hayvan > hayvanlar (animal > animals)

☪︎ Kadın > kadınlar (woman > women)

Front vowels > ler

☪︎ Erkek > erkekler (man > men)

☪︎ Köpek > köpekler (dog > dogs)

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Vocabulary:

❁抗う　（あらがう）：fight against, oppose

❁専属契約　（せんぞくけいやく）：exclusive contract

❁剝ぎ取る　（はぎとる）：remove / rip off

❁過度な　（かど）：excessive

❁逆説的　（ぎゃくせつてき）：paradoxical

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ニコニコ　with a friendly grin; smilingly​

機嫌取り（きげんとり）currying favour; being anxious to please

鼈甲（べっこう）tortoiseshell

見苦しい（みぐるしい）unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent

かつて　once; before; formerly

壺（つぼ）pot; jar; vase

決意（けつい）decision; determination; resolution

合流（ごうりゅう）confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining

留守番（るすばん）care-taking; house-sitting