Transcription of TURKISH GRAMMAR
1 TURKISH GRAMMARin practiceA self-study reference and practice bookfor learners of TurkishCEFR A1-B1 114 two-page units 3000 practice questions Over 2000 sentences and dialogues Full key to exercisesYusuf BuzContentsOverview of TURKISH GRAMMAR in Practice .. 8 Introduction ..10 UNITS N TE-1 T rk Alfabesi .. 12 TURKISH Alphabet N TE-2 Sesli Uyumu-1 ..14 Vowel Harmony-1 N TE-3 Sesli Uyumu-2 ..16 Vowel Harmony-2 N TE-4 Sesli Uyumu-3 ..18 Vowel Harmony-3 N TE-5 Sessiz Harflerde D n m-1 ..20 Consonant Mutation-1 N TE-6 Sessiz Harflerde D n m-2 ..22 Consonant Mutation-2 N TE-7 olmak fiili (geni zamanda) ..24 the verb to be in the present tense N TE-8 olmak fiili (ge mi zamanda) ..26 the verb to be in the past tense N TE-9 olmak (geni zamanl ko ul c mlesinde -(y)se/-(y)sa)..28 the verb to be in the present conditional tense N TE-10 okula, i e, vs.
2 (to school, to work, etc.) ..30 dative case N TE-11 okulda, i te, vs. (at school, at work, etc.) ..32 locative case N TE-12 okuldan, i ten, vs. (from school, from work, etc.) ..34 ablative case N TE-13 .. var. / .. yok. (There is/are .., There isn t/aren t ..) ..36 N TE-14 Bir arabam (I have/don t have a car.) ..38 N TE-15 Geliyorum. (I am coming.) ..40 present continuous positive N TE-16 Gelmiyorum. (I am not coming.) ..42 present continuous negative N TE-17 Geliyor musun? (Are you coming?) ..44 present continuous question N TE-18 iste- (want), bil- (know), sev- (love)..46 non-action verbsTurkish GRAMMAR in PracticeYusuf BuzFirst published 2016by Foxton Books, London, UK Yusuf Buz 2016 ISBN: 978-1-911481-00-3 Illustrations: Hilmi Simsek and Senol GunesCover Design: Erdal AkcayAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reprinted, reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the catalogue record for this book is available from the British and bound in Turkey by Ertem Printing and Binding.
3 Printing press certificate number: 26886 About the authorYusuf Buz has taught English as a second language for about 10 years, developing extensive experience assessing and preparing candidates for various proficiency English exams in Turkey. Since he moved to the UK in 2004, he taught TURKISH for around 5 years, during which he started writing this book. Yusuf is also the author of one of the bestselling books on English GRAMMAR in Turkey. His other titles include: YDS Exam Pack, Test Your Comprehension and Vocabulary and Advanced English Learners s acknowledgementsThe author would like to thank Erdal Akcay for his assistance in the internal design and layout of the book. Thanks are also due to Erhan Ergenler, for his valuable feedback about the book. N TE-19 s fatlar ..48 adjectives N TE-20 sayma say lar ..50 cardinal numbers N TE-21 s ra say lar.
4 52 ordinal numbers N TE-22 Gelirim. (I come.) ..54 present simple positive N TE-23 Gelmem. (I don t come.) Gelir misin? (Do you come?) ..56 present simple negative and question N TE-24 Konu uyordum. (I was talking.) ..58 past continuous positive N TE-25 Konu muyordum. (I wasn t talking.) Konu uyor muydun? (Were you talking?) ..60 past continuous negative and question N TE-26 baz (some,certain) b t n (all) hi bir (no, none of, not .. any) o u (most) ..62 N TE-27 hi bir (no, none of, not .. any) hi bir ey (nothing) herhangi bir (any) ..64 N TE-28 tane (piece) ..66 N TE-29 tuzlu (salty) ansl (lucky) ..68 the suffix -li/-l /-lu/-l N TE-30 tuzsuz (unsalted) anss z (unlucky) ..70 the suffix -siz/-s z/-suz/-s z N TE-31 yaz c (printer) ko ucu (runner) ..72 the suffix -ici/- c /-ucu/- c N TE-32 gazeteci (journalist) futbolcu (football player).
5 74 the suffix -ci/-c /-cu/-c /- i/- /- u/- N TE-33 a da (modern) Dilekgil (Dilek s house) bilimsel (scientific) ..76 the suffixes -da , -gil, -sel N TE-34 arkada l k (friendship) karde lik (brotherhood) ..78 the suffix (-lik/-l k/-luk/-l k) N TE-35 -ki (as an adjectival suffix) ..80 N TE-36 s fatlarda kar la t rma ve en st nl k ..82 comparatives and superlatives N TE-37 Geldim. (I came.) ..84 past simple positive N TE-38 Gelmedim. (I didn t come.) ..86 past simple negative N TE-39 Geldim mi? (Did I come?) ..88 past simple question N TE-40 olarak (as) ..90 Contents N TE-41 i eri (inside, interior) d ar (outside, exterior) ..92 N TE-42 a a (down) yukar (up) ..94 N TE-43 ok (very, much, many, alot of, too, so) biraz (some, a little, a bit) ..96 N TE-44 -ce/-ca/- e/- a ..98 adverb-making suffix N TE-45 Gelece im.
6 (I will come.) ..100 future tense positive N TE-46 Gelmeyece im. (I won t come.) ..102 future tense negative N TE-47 Gelecek miyim? (Will you come?) ..104 future tense question N TE-48 nce (before) imdi (now) sonra (after) ..106 N TE-49 hala, daha, hen z (still, yet) art k (no longer, not any more; from now on) ..108 N TE-50 daima, hep, her zaman, s rekli (always) asla, hi bir zaman, katiyen, hi (never) ..110 N TE-51 hi (never, not .. at all) ..112 N TE-52 saniye (second) dakika (minute) saat (hour) g n (day)..114 N TE-53 hafta (week) ..116 N TE-54 sabah (morning) le (noon) ..118 N TE-55 ak am (evening) ..120 N TE-56 g nd z (daytime, daylight) gece (night-time, night) ..122 N TE-57 d n (yesterday) bug n (today) yar n (tomorrow) ..124 N TE-58 Saat ka ? (What time is it?) ..126 N TE-59 Saat ka ta? (What time ..?, When.)
7 ?) ..128 N TE-60 iyelik durumu-1 ..130 the genitive case-1 N TE-61 iyelik durumu-2 ..132 the genitive case-2 N TE-62 i in (for) ..134 N TE-63 ettirgen at -1 ..136 the causative case-1 N TE-64 ettirgen at -2 ..138 the causative case-2 N TE-65 ve (and) de/da (and, also, too, as well) ..140 N TE-66 hem .. hem de (both .. and) ..142 N TE-67 ya .. ya da (either .. or), veya, ya da, yahut, veyahut (or) ..144 N TE-68 ne .. ne de (neither .. nor) ..146 N TE-69 ile, -(y)le/-(y)la (with, by, and) ..148 N TE-70 ama, fakat, lakin, ne var ki (but) ancak, yaln z (but, only) ..150 N TE-71 buna ra men, (ama) bununla birlikte (despite this, nevertheless) ..152 Contents N TE-72 ne var ki, gelgelelim (however), halbuki, oysaki (whereas, though) ne yaz k ki, maalesef (unfortunately) g ya (allegedly, supposedly) ..154 N TE-73 ise (whereas, as for, however).
8 156 N TE-74 me er, me erse (apparently, it seems that ..) yoksa (otherwise, if not, I wonder if ..) ..158 N TE-75 nk , zira (because, for) bu y zden, bu nedenle, bu sebeple, bundan dolay (so, therefore) ..160 N TE-76 hani (you said that, you promised that, you know that) hele (especially, in particular)..162 N TE-77 nitekim (just so, just as, likewise, as a matter of fact) sak n (don t you dare) ..164 N TE-78 demek (it means, that is to say) ..166 N TE-79 diye (so that, as, in case) ..168 N TE-80 -d nda (when) ..170 N TE-81 -(y)ince (upon doing somehing, when) ..172 N TE-82 iken, -(y)ken (while, when, as) ..174 N TE-83 ki (that) as a conjunction-1 ..176 N TE-84 ki (that) as a conjunction-2 ..178 N TE-85 ki (as a pronominal suffix benimki, seninki, onunki, etc.) ..180 possessive pronouns N TE-86 madem (ki) (seeing that, now that, considering that).
9 182 N TE-87 -den beri (since, for) ..184 N TE-88 -den dolay / t r (because of, due to, thanks to)..186 N TE-89 -d ndan dolay , -d i in (because, since, as) ..188 N TE-90 -den yana (as regards) -den ba ka (apart from) -den itibaren (with effect from) ..190 N TE-91 -a/-e do ru (towards) -a/-e kar (against) -a/-e g re (according to) ..192 N TE-92 kadar (about, as .. as, until, by, as far as)..194 N TE-93 alt nda (under, below) st nde (on, over, above) ..196 N TE-94 n (front) arka (back) n nde (in front of) arkas nda (behind) ..198 N TE-95 yan nda (beside, next to) ..200 N TE-96 kar s nda (opposite) ..202 N TE-97 i inde (inside) d nda (outside) ..204 N TE-98 .. ho uma gidiyor. (I like ..) .. ho uma gitmiyor. (I don t like ..) ..206 N TE-99 -meli/-mal (must, should, have to) ..208 N TE-100 -meliydi/-mal yd (should have).
10 210 N TE-101 edilgen at (geni zaman olumlu c mle) ..212 the passive voice in the present simple positive N TE-102 edilgen at (geni zaman olumsuz ve soru c mleleri) ..214 the passive voice in the present simple negative and questionsContents N TE-103 edilgen at ( imdiki zaman olumlu c mle) ..216 the passive voice in the present continuous positive N TE-104 edilgen at ( imdiki zaman olumsuz ve soru c mleleri) ..218 the passive voice in the present continuous negative and questions N TE-105 edilgen at (ge mi zaman olumlu c mle) ..220 the passive voice in the past simple positive N TE-106 edilgen at (ge mi zaman olumsuz ve soru c mleleri) ..222 the passive voice in the past simple negative and questions N TE-107 -se/-sa (real conditional) ..224 N TE-108 -se/-sa (unreal conditional) ..226 N TE-109 -seydi/-sayd (expressing past unreality with the conditional).
