Turkish/Pronouns

Statement of learning goals for this resource
From this lesson you will understand the basic Turkish pronouns and how to use them in sentences.

To be
The verb "to be" in Turkish is always an ending added to the noun. These endings are either -im, -sin, -iz, -siniz, or -ler depending on the pronoun.

Below is an example using the Turkish word for pretty: güzel.

Dropping the Personal Pronoun
In Turkish, the personal pronoun is usually assumed in a sentence. Thus, most of the time it is dropped. For example:

Practice
Complete the following examples using the vocab provided below.

Vocab

iyi = good

beyaz = white

mutlu = happy

sıcak = hot

soğuk = cold

büyük = big

Two Vowels in a Row
When you add a "to be" suffix to a word, and the result has two vowels in a row, you add a -y- between them as a buffer. For example:

"iyi" means good. To say "I am good", you add the -im suffix. The result is iyiim but since you cannot have two "i"s together, you add the -y- which makes iyiyim, meaning "I am good".