I have alluded to vowel harmony many times in my posts about Turkish, but I have not yet spelled out what it was. Partly, this was because when I mentioned it, I was still working out exactly what it is and how it works. But at this point I feel like I understand it, and there aren't any surprises waiting around the corner, so today I'm going to share a long overdue explanation.
In the simplest of terms, vowel harmony is just a nice way of letting you be a little bit lazy! It allows you to leave... continue reading at Fluent Every Year
Friday, July 29, 2011
Thursday, July 14, 2011
An interactive way to learn common vocabulary
In a previous post, I told about my excitement when I found the Turkish web site Hürriyet. Today I will quickly discuss one of the neat things I've been able to do on that site.
Among the many links on the main navigation is one that says Foto Galeri, which I believe should be easy enough to figure out, even for someone who knows no Turkish. When you click on it, you are presented with several photo sets related to news or current events.
Each has a date and a headline, and there's certainly... continue reading at Fluent Every Year
Among the many links on the main navigation is one that says Foto Galeri, which I believe should be easy enough to figure out, even for someone who knows no Turkish. When you click on it, you are presented with several photo sets related to news or current events.
Each has a date and a headline, and there's certainly... continue reading at Fluent Every Year
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