Friday, July 29, 2011

Vowel harmony

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