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TURKISH INFINITIVES and ENGLISH INFINITIVES or GERUNDS

Before we begin with the English and Turkish grammars, it may be useful to

start with the Turkish infinitives, and either English infinitives or gerunds. In Turkish, there are only infinitives that are formed of a verb and various

noun-producing allomorphs attached to a verb, such as: verb-[mek, mak]

verb-[me, ma]

verb-[iş, ış, üş, uş]

verb-[dik, dık, dük, duk, tik, tık, tük, tuk]

The allomorphs above written black are the noun-producing allomorphs

that turn verbs into infinitives when they are attached to them. Turkish

infinitives generally function as nouns in Turkish sentences. However, the English infinitives may function either as nouns, as adverbs

or as adjectives in sentences.

“To verb” is an infinitive, and “verb-ing” is a gerund, but “verb-ing” is a

present participle (adjective).

The “ing” noun-producing suffix may turn a verb into a nominal gerund,

but the same “ing” may also change a verb into an adjective “verb-ing”,

which is called present participle.

English nominal gerunds may be used as subjects, objects, objects of

prepositions or as subject complements in sentences. English gerunds

and their Turkish infinitive equivalents are underlined as follows:

Read-ing helps us improve our knowledge. (The nominal gerund is subject.)

Oku-mak bilgi-imiz-i geliştir-me-/y/e yardım et-er. (The infinitive is subject.)

Jack enjoys listen-ing to pop music. (“To pop music” is an adverbial phrase.)

(“Enjoy” is a transitive verb; the underlined part is its object; “noun”.)

Jack pop müzik dinle-mek-ten hoşlan-ır.

(“Hoşlan” is an intransitive verb; the underlined part is an adverbial phrase)

My sister is interested in annoy-ing me. (The gerund is the object of “in”.)

Kız kardeş-im can-ım-ı sık-mak-la ilgilen-ir. (“Sık-mak-la” is an adverbial.)

See-ing is believ-ing. Gör-mek inan-mak-tır. gerund verb gerund infinitive infinitive verb


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Some English present participles “verb- ing” can be used as adjectives

in sentences whose Turkish equivalents are formed by attaching [en, an]

adjective-producing allomorphs to verbs. For instance:

fly-ing → uç-an, talk-ing → konuş-an, shin-ing → ışılda-/y/an,

smil-ing → gülümse-/y/en, rise-ing → yüksel-en, cry-ing → ağla-/y/an,

sing-ing → ötüş-en, fall-ing → düş-en, roar-ing → kükre-/y/en.

fly-ing birds → Uç-an kuşlar; talk-ing parrots → konuş-an papağanlar;

shin-ing lights → ışılda-/y/an ışıklar; smil-ing baby → gülümse-/y/en

bebek; rise-ing prices → yüksel-en fiyatlar; fall-ing leaves → düş-en

yapraklar; roar-ing lions → kükre-/y/en arslanlar.

Turkish infinitives “verb-[mek, mak]”, “verb-[me, ma]” and the others are

always nominal infinitives. They always function as nouns in sentences.

However, the English “to verb” infinitives may either function as nouns, as

adjectives or adverbs without changing their forms. For instance:

Mary Türkçe öğren-mek iste-iyor. (The infinitive is nominal.)

Mary wants to learn Turkish. (The infinitive is nominal.)

Mary benim-le konuş-ma-/y/ı reddet-ti. (The infinitive is nomina l.)

Mary refused to talk to me. (The infinitive is nominal.)

Mary bir araba al-mak için para biriktir-iyor. (“Infinitive + için” is adverbial.)

Mary is saving money to buy a car. (The infinitive is adverbial.)

Balık tut-mak için göl-e git-ti-im. (Infinitive + postposition) (Adverbial)

I went to the lake to fish. (The infinitive is adverbial.)

Jack okul-dan çık-an ilk çocuk-tu. (“Çık-an” is an adjective.)

Jack was the first boy to leave the school. (“To leave” is an adjective.)

(The infinitive modifies the noun “boy”; so it is an adjective.) Yürü-/y/ecek uzun bir yol-umuz var. (“Yürü-/y/ecek” is an adjective.)

We have a long way to walk. (“To walk” is an adjective.)

Öğren-ecek çok şey-iniz var. (“Öğren-ecek” is an adjective.)

You have a lot of things to learn. (“To learn” is an adjective.)

Bitir-ecek bir iş-im var. (“Bitir-ecek” is an adjective.)

I have a work to finish. (“To finish” is an adjective.)

Note:

Blue words and underlines show subjects, but blue subject allomorphs

are not always underlined. Black underlines and black words show objects, noun clauses, and nouns.


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Red underlines and words show verbs. Green words and underlines show adverb phrases, clauses, question allomorphs and

prepositions. Purple words and underlines show adjectives, noun modifiers and

possessive allomorphs and brown underlines show subject complements. Turkish glides are /n/, /s/, /ş/ and /y/.

TURKISH INFINITIVES (MASTARLAR) In Turkish, the grammar term infinitive (mastar) covers both the gerunds

and the infinitives of the English language. Therefore, we always talk about

infinitives in Turkish. When you see a “verb-mek, mak”, a “verb-me, ma“,

a “verb-iş, ış, üş, uş” or a “verb-dik, dık, dük, duk, tik, tık, tük, tuk”

inflectional allomorphs attached to verbs, they turn them into infinitives. All

infinitives in Turkish are nouns, and they are timeless.

There are four kinds of infinitives in Turkish: 1. The ♫ [mek, mak] allomorphs attached to verb roots, stems or frames:

oku-mak (reding, to read); yüz-mek (swimming, to swim); yardım et-mek

(helping, to help); konuş-mak (talking, to talk); temizle-mek (cleaning, to

clean); oyna-mak (playing, to play); tart-mak; tartıl-mak (tar*tıl*mak); tart-

ış-mak (tar*tış*mak); kaç-mak; kaçın-mak (ka*çın*mak); kaçış-mak (ka*-

çış*mak); sürt-mek; sürtül-mek (sür*tül*mek); sürtün-mek (sür*tün*-mek);

sürtüş-mek (sür*tüş*mek); döv-mek; dövül-mek (dö*vül*mek); dövün-

mek (dö*vün*mek); dövüş-mek; çek-mek; çekil-mek; çekin-mek; çekiş-

mek; at-mak; atıl-mak; atış-mak; sev-mek; sevil-mek; sevin-mek; seviş-

mek; değ-mek; değin-mek; değil-mek. 2. The ♫ [me, ma] allomorphs attached to verb roots, stems or frames: git-me (going, to go); gel-me (coming, to come); çalış-ma (working, to

work); eleştir-me (criticizing, to criticize); anla-ma (understanding, to under-

stand); ezberle-me (memorizing, to memorize); tart-ma, tartıl-ma (tar*tıl*-

ma), tartış-ma (tar*tış*ma); gör-me, görül-me (gö*rül*me), görün-me

(gö*rün*me), görüş-me; kaç-ma; kaçın-ma; kaçış-ma.

3. The ♫ [iş, ış, üş, uş, eş, aş] allomorphs attached to verb roots or stems:

gül-üş (gü*lüş) (way of smiling); bak-ış (ba*kış) (way of looking); anla-

/y/ış (an*la*yış) (ability of understanding), gel-iş (ge*liş) (way of) coming);

davran-ış (dav*ra*nuş) (way of behaving).

4. The ♫ [dik. dık, dük, duk, tik, tık, tük, tuk] allomorphs attached to verb

roots, stems or frames:


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yüz-dük, gel-dik, oku-duk, temizle-dik, bekle-dik, çalış-tık, soyun-duk

(so*yun*duk), anlaş-tık (an*laş*tık), kesiş-tik, sevil-dik, yüzleş-tik,

bekleş-tik (bek*leş*tik ) tartış-tık (tar*tış*tık )

The Nr. 4 infinitives are used in transforming sentences into “possessive

+ owned” (noun + infinitive) compounds such as: “ben-im gör-dük-üm”

(be*nim / gör*dü*ğüm); “Hasan’ın çalış-tık-ı” (ha*sa*nın / ça*lış*tı*ğı);

“biz-im bekleş-tik-imiz” (bi*zim / bek*leş*ti*ği*miz).

In the examples above, the ♫ [dik, dık, dük, duk, tik, tık, tük, tuk] allo-

morphs are not the allomorphs used in "Futbol oyna-dı-ık." For instance,

when the sentence "O futbol oynuyor" is transformed into a nominal phrase

(noun + infinitive compound), it becomes "onun futbol oyna-dık-ı". This

transformed phrase can be used as the object of "görüyorum". "Onun futbol

oyna-dık-ı/n/ı (oynuyor olduğunu) görüyorum." In this sentence, the allo-

morph [dık] does not convey a past time concept as the other infinitives.

Consequently, "oynuyor”, “oynar”, “oynardı”, “oynadı”, “oynuyordu" tenses

are all transformed into a “noun + infinitive” compound as "oyna-dık-ı"

(oy*na*dı*ğı), which are used either as noun modifiers, such as “onun çalış-

tık-ı şirket” (the company where he works”, or objects as in the following:

O futbol oynuyor. ↻ “onun futbol oyna-dık-ı” (oy*na*dı*ğı)

O futbol oynar. ↻ “onun futbol oyna-dık-ı”

O futbol oynadı. ↻ “onun futbol oyna-dık-ı”

O futbol oynuyordu. ↻ “onun futbol oyna-dık-ı”

When all of the four sentences above are transformed and nominalized, they

can be used in the following sentences as definite objects:

Onun futbol oyna-dık-ı-/n/ı görüyor-um. I can see that he is playing football.

Onun her gün futbol oyna-dık-ı-/n/ı biliyor-um. I know that he plays football every

day. Onun dün futbol oyna-dık-ı-/n/ı gördü-üm. I saw that he was playing football

yesterday.

These examples clearly prove that the [DİK] morpheme is not the past time

[di-ik] morpheme. It is a morpheme attached to a verb to produce an infini-

tive:

“Onun araba-/y/ı çal-dık-ı” is a “noun + infinitive” compound like “onun

araba-/y/ı çal-ma-/s/ı”.

Generally speaking, "ben-im al-ma-am", "ben-im al-ış-ım", "ben-im al-dık-ım"

expressions are all “possessive + owned” noun compounds like "ben-im


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kapı-ım". The "verb-[mek, mak]" infinitives are timeless as the other in-

finitives are, but they are not used in compounds. For instance *“onun git-

mek-i” is not used in Turkish; the “verb-[me, ma]” infinitives are used ins-

tead.

WHERE TURKISH INFINITIVES AND ENGLISH INFINITIVES OR GERUNDS ARE USED

Watch carefully where infinitives or gerunds are used in place of Turkish

infinitives in the following sentences. Brown underlined words are subject

complements.

1 (a). The [mek, mak] allomorphs, which turn verbs into infinitives (nouns),

can be used in the subject position in a sentence. They are timeless and

have no personal possessive allomorphs attached to them.

Yürü-mek sağlık için yararlı-dır. (“Yürü-mek” is an infinitive “subject”.)

(yü*rü*mek / sağ*lık / i*çin / ya*rar*lı*dır ↷)

Walk-ing is good for health. (“Walk-ing is a nominal gerund “subject”.) Sigara iç-mek zararlı-dır. (The subject is an infinitive.)

(si*ga*ra / iç*mek / za*rar*lı*dır ↷)

Smok-ing is harmful. (The subject is a nominal gerund.)

Gün-de sekiz saat uyu-mak sağlıklı bir kişi için yeterli-dir. (Infinitive)

(gün*de / se*kiz / sa*at / u*yu*mak / sağ*lık*lı / bir / ki*şi / i*çin /

ye*ter*li*dir↷)

Sleep-ing eight hours a day is enough for a healthy person. (Gerund)

Bütün gün televizyon seyret-mek zaman kaybı-dır. (Infinitive)

(bü*tün / gün / te*le*viz*yon / sey*ret*mek / za*man / kay*bı*dır ↷)

Watch-ing television all day long is a waste of time. (Gerund)

O-/n/u ikna et-mek kolay-dır. (Infinitive)

(o*nu / ik*na: / et*mek / ko*lay*dır ↷)

To convince him is easy. (Infinitive)

1 (b).The same [mek, mak] infinitives are also used before “yerine”

and “için” postpositions:

Televizyon seyret-mek yerine iş-in-i yap.

(te*le*viz*yon / sey*ret*mek / ye*ri*ne / i*şi*ni / yap ↷)

Do your work instead of watch-ing television.

The gerunds “watch-ing”, “work-ing ”, and “go-ing” are the objects of the pre-

position “instead of”. However, when the gerunds are used together with the

preposition “istead of”, their function becomes adverbial.


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Bahçe-de çalış-mak yerine tenis oyna-dı-ık. inf initive (noun) postp

postp phrs (adverbial)

(bah*çe*de / ça*lış*mak / ye*ri*ne / te*nis / oy*na*dık ↷)

We played tennis in the garden instead of work-ing.

Okul-a git-mek yerine sinema-/y/a git-ti-ler

(o*ku*la / git*mek / ye*ri*ne~/ si*ne*ma*ya / git*ti*ler ↷)

They went to the cinema instead of go-ing to school.

The same [mek, mak] allomorphs are also used before “için” postpositions

to express purpose:

Ev ödev-im-i tamamla-mak için sabah-leyin erken kalk-tı-ım.

(e*vö*de*vi*mi / ta*mam*la*mak / i*çin~/ sa*bah*le*yin / er*ken / kalk* tım ↷)

I got up early to complete my homework. (“To complete” is an infinitive that func-

tions as an adverb.)

The functions of English infinitives are of three kinds; some of them are

adverbal, some others are nominal, and some others are adjectival:

Yepyeni bir araba al-mak için para biriktir-iyor-uz. (Adverbial)

(yep*ye*ni / bir / a*ra*ba / al*mak / i*çin / pa*ra / bi*rik*ti*ri*yo*ruz ↷)

We are saving money to buy a brand new car. (“To buy” is an adverbial inf.)

Onlar-ı gör-mek için pencere-den bak-tı-ım. (“Görmek için” is an adverbial.)

(on*la*rı / gör*mek / i*çin ~/ pen*ce*re*den / bak*tım ↷)

I looked out of the window to see them. (“To see” is an adverbial infinitive.)

O/n/u bitir-mek için zaman-a ihtiyaç-ımız var. (Adverbial)

(o*nu / bi*tir*mek / i*çin ~/ za*ma:*na / ih*ti*ya:*cı*mız / var ↷)

We need time to finish it. (“To finish” is an adverbial infinitive.)

Cumhurbaşkanı-/n/ı gör-mek için herkes ayak-a kalk-tı. (Adverbial)

Everybody stood up to see the president. (“To see” is an adverbial infinitive)

Yabancı dil öğren-mek için çok çalış-mak zorunda-sın. (Adverbial; nominal)

(ya*ban*cı / dil / öğ*ren*mek / i*çin~ / çok / ça*lış*mak / zo*run*da*sın ↷)

You have to study hard to learn a foreign language. (Nominal and adverbial)

Ben-i anla-mak için dikkat-le dinle. (The “infinitives + için” is adverbial.)

(be*ni / an*la*mak / i*çin ~/ dik*kat*le / din*le ↷)

Listen carefully to understand me. (“To understand” is adverbial.)


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Islan-ma-mak için şemsiye-/s/i-/n/i al-dı. (Adverbial)

(ıs*lan*ma*mak / i*çin / şem*si*ye*si*ni / al*dı ↷)

She took her umbrella not to get wet. (Adverbial)

Ben-i daha iyi gör-mek için gözlük-ler-i-/n/i tak-tı. (Adverbial)

(be*ni / da*ha / i*yi / gör*mek / i*çin / göz*lük*le*ri*ni / tak*tı ↷)

She put on her glasses to see me better. (Adverbial)

Biz-e yardım et-mek için israr et-ti. (Adverbial)

(bi*ze / yar*dım / et*mek / i*çin / is*ra:r / et*ti ↷) (is*ra:*ret*ti)

He insisted on help-ing us. (“Helping” is a nominal gerund object of “on”.

Otobüs-e yetiş-mek için koş-tu-uk. (Adverbial)

(o*to*bü*se / ye*tiş*mek / i*çin / koş*tuk↷)

We ran to catch the bus. (Adverbial)

1(c). The infinitives with ♫ [mek, mak] are used as objects of the

verb “iste" and "zorunda" ("want”, “wish" and "have to") Türkçe öğren-mek iste-iyor-um. (Nominal)

(türk*çe / öğ*ren*mek / is*ti*yo*rum ↷)

I want to learn Turkish. (Nominal) Türkçe öğren-mek zorunda-/y/ım. (Nominal)

(türk*çe / öğ*ren*mek / zo*run*da*yım ↷)

I have to learn Turkish. (Nominal)

Bulaşık-lar-ı yıka-mak iste-me-iyor-um. (Nominal)

(bu*la*şık *la*rı / yı*ka*mak / is*te*mi*yo*rum ↷)

I don’t want to wash the dishes. (Nominal)

Bu kitap-ı oku-mak iste-iyor mu-sun? (Nominal)

(bu / ki*ta*bı / o*ku*mak / is*ti*yor / mu*sun ↷)

Do you want to read this book? (Nominal) Canım okul-a git-mek iste-me-iyor. (Nominal)

(ca*nım / o*ku*la / git*mek / is*te*mi*yor ↷)

I don’t feel like go-ing to school. (Adverbial)

1 (d). The ♫ [mek, mak] allomorphs attached to [ten, tan] allomorphs: The ♫ [mek, mak] allomorphs can also be used attached to ♫ [ten, tan]

allomorphs as all nouns can. The other two allomorphs of the phoneme

[DEN] are not used here because the ♫ [mek, mak] allomorphs end with

unvoiced consonants:


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Yanlış-lık yap-mak-tan kaçın-malı-sın. (“Yap-mak-tan” is an adverb.)

(yan*lış*lık / yap*mak*tan / ka*çın*ma*lı*sın ↷)

You must avoid mak-ing mistakes. (The “ing” suffix turns the verb

“make” into a nominal gerund.

Gece-leyin yalnız dışarı-/y/a çık-mak-tan kork-uyor-um. (Adverbial)

(ge*ce*le*yin / yal*nız / dı*şa*rı / çık *mak*tan / kor*ku*yo*rım ↷)

I am afraid of go-ing out alone at night. (Adverbial)

Tüm kadın-lar yaşlan-mak-tan kork-ar. (Adverbial)

(tüm / ka*dın*lar / yaş*lan*mak*tan / kor*kar ↷)

All women are afraid of grow-ing old. (Adverbial)

Bütün gün ev-de otur-mak-tan bık-tı-ım (sıkıl-dı-ım). (Adverbial)

(bü*tün / gün / ev*de / o*tur*mak*tan / bık*tım ↷)

I am tired (bored) of stay-ing at home all day long. (Adverbial)

Yalan söyle-mek-ten utan-ma-ıyor mu-sun? (Adverbial)

(ya*lan / söy*le*mek*ten / u*tan*mı*yor / mu*sun ↷)

Aren’t you ashamed of tell-ing lies? (Adverbial) Üzül-mek-ten kendim-i al-ama-ıyor-um. (Adverbial)

(ü*zül*mek*ten / ken*di*mi / a*la*mı*yo*rum ↷)

I can’t help be-ing sorry. (Nominal)

Bekle-mek-ten neftet et-er-im. (“Nefret et” is intransitive.) (Adverbial)

(bek *le*mek*ten / nef*ret / e*de*rim ↷)

I hate wait-ing. (The verb “hate” is transitive.) (Object) (Nomibal)

Çoğu öğrenciler ev ödev-i yap-mak-tan hoşlan-maz. (“Hoşlan” is intransitive.)

(ço*ğu / öğ*ren*ci*ler / e*vö*de*vi / yap*mak*tan / hoş*lan*maz ↷)

Most students dislike do-ing homework. (“Dislike” is transitive.) (Nominal)

Pervasız-ca araba sür-mek-ten kaçın-malı-sın. (Adverbial)

(per*va:*sız*ca / a*ra*ba / sür*mek*ten / ka*çın*ma*lı*sın ↷)

You must avoid driv-ing reckless-ly. (Nominal)

Gül-mek-ten kendi-im-i al-ama-dı-ım. (Adverbial)

(gül*mek*ten / ken*di*mi / a*la*ma*dım ↷)

I couldn’t help laugh-ing. (Nominal; object of “help”.)

Kızkardeş-im ev iş-i yap-mak-tan nefret et-er. (“Nefret et” is intransitive.)

(kız*kar*de*şim / e*vi*şi / yap*mak*tan / nef*re*te*der ↷) (Adverbial)

My sister hates do-ing housework. (“Hate” is transitive) (“Doing” is nominal)


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Aldatıl-mak-tan nefret et-er-im. (Passive infinitive) (Adverbial)

(al*da*tıl*mak*tan / nef*re*te*de*rim ↷)

I hate be-ing cheated. (“Hate” is transitive.) (Nominal)

Yardım iste-mek-ten çekin-me. (“Çekin” is intransitive.) (Adverbial)

(yar*dım / is*te*mek*ten / çe*kin*me↷)

Don’t avoid ask-ing for help. (“Avoid” is transitive.) (Nominal) Tavla oyna-mak-tan söz et-ti-ik. (Adverbial)

(tav*la / oy*na*mak*tan / sö*zet*tik↷)

We talked about play-ing backgammon. (Object of “about”) (Nominal)

2(a). The ♫ [me, ma] infinitives are used in the second parts of the

“possessive + owned” noun compounds. They are timeless, but they have

possessive personal allomorphs attached to them. Compare the following:

Kitap-ın kapak-ı (ki*ta*bın / ka*pa*ğı) (the cover of the book)

ben-im pencere-em (be*nim / pen*ce*rem) (my window)

ben-im git-me-em (be*nim / git*mem) (my go-ing, me to go)

Gerçek-i söyle-me-en-i iste-iyor-um. (Nominal)

(ger*çe*ği / söy*le*me*ni / is*ti*yo*rum↷)

I want you to tell the truth. (Nominal)

“sen-in gerçek-i söyle-me-en” is a transformed nominal phrase: (Sen) gerçeği söyler-sin. ↻ “(sen-in) gerçek-i söyle-me-en”

(Sen) gerçeği söylüyor-sun ↻ “(sen-in) gerçek-i söyle-me-en”

(Sen) gerçeği söyledi-in. ↻ “(senin) gerçek-i söyle-me-en”

(Sen) gerçeği söylerdi-in. ↻ “(senin) gerçek-i söyle-me-en”

(Sen) gerçeği söyleyecek-sin. ↻ “(sen-in) gerçek-i söyle-/y/ecek ol-ma-an”

(Sen) gerçeği söylemişti-in. ↻ "(sen-in) gerçek-i söyle-miş ol-ma-an"

As the possessive pronouns with the possessive personal allomorphs,

and the possessive allomorphs attached to the second parts of the noun

compounds mean the same person, the possessive pronouns used in the

beginning of the sentences can be ignored:

(ben-“im”) git-me-“em”, (ben-“im”) al-ma-“am”, (ben-“im”) bekle-me-“em”

(sen-“in”) git-me-“en”, (sen-“in”) al-ma-“an”, (sen-“in”) bekle-me-“en”

(o-“/n/un”) git-me-“/s/i”, (o-“/n/un”) al-ma-“/s/ı”, (o-“/n/un”) bekle-me-“/s/i”

(biz-“im”) git-me-“emiz”, (biz-“im”) al-ma-“amız”,(biz-“im”) bekle-me-“emiz”

(siz-“in”) git-me-“eniz”, (siz-“in”) al-ma-“anız”, (siz-“in”) bekle-me-“eniz”

(onlar-“ın”) git-me-“/s/i”, (onlar-“ın”) al-ma-“/s/ı”, (onlar-“ın”) bekle-me-“/s/i”


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All the shared identical “e-e”, “a-a” vowels combine, and the single

underlined consonants detach from their syllables and attach to the first

vowels of the following allomorphs.

Note: All the owned personal allomorphs written in purple above mean the

possessive pronouns in brackets. Therefore, only the possessive allo-

morphs written in purple can be used in all Turkish sentences. For

instance, all the possessive allomorphs written in purple can be used

instead of the possessive pronouns that they represent.

In other words, as the owned personal allomorphs used in the owned

parts of a compound are enough to express the possessive pronouns

(ben-im, sen-in, etc.), these possessive pronouns may be ignored unless

they are thought to be necessary to attract the listener’s attention.

Since the compounds like “ben-im söyle-me-em” are noun compounds, they

are nominal phrases, and so the [i, ı], [e, a], [de, da], [den, dan] and [le, la]

suffixes can be attached to the infinitive (owned) parts of the compounds:

“söyle-me-en-i”, “söyle-me-en-e”, “söyle-me-en-de”, “söyle-me-en-

den”, “söyle-me-en-le”. All the allomorphs written in purple mean the

pronoun “sen-in”. Baba-am (ben-im) daha çok “çalış-ma-am-ı” iste-iyor. (is*ti*yor) subject (definite noun + infinitive comp) object verb

My father wants me to study harder. (“Me” and “to study” are the objects of “want”) A final rule to add to the previous explanations is that in Turkish, certain

verbs need certain morphemes such as [İ], [E], [DE], [DEN] or [LE] attached

to nouns or pronouns. The allomorphs of these morphemes can also be at -

tached to infinitives, or “noun + infinitive” (or “infinitive + noun”) com-

pounds, which might be named as syntactic nouns or nominal phrases.

2(b).The verbs that take “noun + infinitive” compounds as ob-

jects:

“noun + infinitive” - [İ]

Yağmur, (biz-im) zaman-ın-da tiyatro-/y/a git-me-emiz-i engelle-di. subject possessive pronoun adverbial adverbial owned verb

(definite noun + infinitive compound) definite object (yağ*mur / bi*zim / za*ma:*nın*da / ti*yat*ro*ya / git*me*mi*zi / en*gel*le*di ↷) The rain prevented us from go-ing to the theatre in time. subject verb object prep phrs prep phrs prep phrs adverbial adverbial adverbial


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Böyle davran-ma-an-ı anla-ma-ıyor-um. adverb definit object verb subj

predicate

I don’t understand your behave-ing like that.

(Ben) (o/n/-d an) (Ben- im ) siyah pantolo n-um -u (o-/n/un ) ütüle -m e - /s /i- /n/i rica et-ti-im . subj adverbial possessive owned-u possessive owned indef obj verb

definite noun comp (obj of “ütüle”) def noun comp (obj of “rica et”)

definite object definite object (chain noun compound) definite object

The mental development of this last sentence contains two simple senten-

ces:

1 . O ben-im siyah pantolon-um-u ütüle-sin. 2. Ben ondan bu-/n/u rica ettim.

The first simple sentence is transformed and nominalized as “o/n/un ben-im

siyah pantolon-um-u ütüle-me-/s/i”, and then it is embedded and used in

place of the object “bu-/n/u” in the second sentence:

(Ben) o/n/-dan (benim) siyah pantolon-um-u (onun) ütüle-me-/s/i-/n/i rica et-ti-im

(si*yah / pan*to*lo*nu*mu / ü*tü*le*me*si*ni / ri*ca: / et*tim ↷)

I asked her to iron my black trousers.

“Ben”, “benim” and “onun” words are optional because they are understood

from the suffixes in “etti-/im/", "pantolon-um” and “ütüle-me-/s/i.

Mary’/n/in piyano çal-ma-/s/ı-/n/ı seyret-ti-im. possessive ow ned | | (noun compound) definite object verb subj

predicate

(ma*ri*nin / pi*ya*no / çal*ma*sı*nı / sey*ret*tim ↷)

I watched Mary play-ing the piano.

(The /n/, /s/ and /n/ glides are respectively used.)

(Sen-in) ev-e dön-me-en-i bekle-iyor-um. (e*ve / dön*me*ni) possessive adverb ow ned-i | |

(noun compound) definite object verb subj predicate

I am waiting for your com-ing back home.

Konuş-ma-/s/ı-/n/ı anla-ma-ıyor-um.

(ko*nuş*ma*sı*nı / an*la*mı*yo*rum ↷)

I don’t understand his way of speak-ing.

(The /n/, /s/ and /n/ glides are respectively used.)


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Sana kahve getir-me-em-i iste-er mi-sin?

(sa*na / kah*ve / ge*tir*me*mi / is*ter / mi*sin ↷)

Would you like me to serve you coffee? (“to serve” is a nominal infinitive.)

(Ben-im) onun-la evlen-me-em imkânsız. (“Benim” is optional.) possessive adverbial ow ned subject complement

(noun compound) subject

(o*nun*la / ev*len*mem / im*kân*sız ↷)

My marry-ing her is impossible. It is impossible for me to marry her.

Onu, (o-nun) bize yardım et-me-/s/i için ikna et-ti-im. def obj noun + inf comp (object of “için”) postp. verb subj

postpositional adverbial phrase of purpose

I convinced him to help us. (“To help” is an adverbial infinitive.)

In the sentence above, the /s/ is a glide; “onun” is not necessary, it is put

there to show the reader the deleted "possessive pronoun" of the compound.

Mektub-u tekrar yaz-ma-am-ı rica et-ti.

He asked me to write the letter again. (“to write” is a nominal infinitive.)

Tüm erkekler tüm kadınlar-ın güzel gör-ün-me-/s/i-/n/i iste-er.

(tüm / er*kek*ler / tüm / ka*dın*la*rın / gü*zel / gö*rün*me*si*ni / is*ter ↷)

All men want all women to look beautiful.

In the sentences above, “bizim git-me-emiz”, “senin davran-ma-an”, “onun

ütüle-me-/s/i”, “bekle-me-/n/in fayda-/s/ı”, “Mary’/n/in piyano çal-ma-/s/ı”,

“(senin) ev-e dön-me-en”, “(benim) getir-me-em”, “onun konuş-ma-/s/ı”,

“(benim) evlen-me-em”, “onun yardım et-me-/s/i”, and “tüm kadınların güzel

görün-me-/s/i” are all “noun + infinitive” compounds that have been

transformed from the simple sentences by the transformational component

in order to be used in phrase structure patterns. The transformational

component performs this mental activity to shape and use the simple

sentences in phrase structure patterns. As the aim of this activity of the mind

is to build up infinite oral sentences out of simple sentences, it may be

reasonable to call such phrases as “syntactic”, which means that such oral

nominal phrases have been built up for syntactic purposes.

As important information, we have to assert that all the allomorphs used in

transforming simple sentences are inflectional allomorphs because these

allomorphs help simple sentences to be used in longer sentences without

changing their simple sentence concepts.


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In the following lines, the simple sentences are printed in italics, and the

transformed “noun + infinitive” compounds are printed in bold face, which

have been produced for syntactic purposes. By the way, it is necessary to

remember that the meaning of an oral sentence is always hidden in the

simple sentence underlying the oral sentence production. Listeners and

readers can understand an oral sequence so long as they realize the

morphemic sequence underlying the oral sequence. Read the simple sentences, and the “syntactic nominal phrases” pro-

duced by the transformational rules of the Turkish language:

Biz tiyatroya gidecektik. ↻ “bizim tiyatroya git-ecek ol-ma-amız”

Sen böyle davranıyorsun. ↻ “senin böyle davran-ma-an, davran-dık-ın"

(O) siyah pantolon-um-u ütülesin. ↻ “siyah pantolon-um-u ütüle-me-si, ütüle-dik-i"

Mary piyano çalıyordu. ↻ “Mary’nin piyano çal-ma-/s/ı, çal-dık-ı"

Sen eve dön-dü-ün. ↻ “senin eve dön-me-en, dön-dük-ün"

O konuşur. ↻ “onun konuş-ma-/s/ı, konuş-tuk-u"

Ben kahve getiririm. ↻ “benim kahve getir-me-em, getir-dik-im”

Ben onunla evlenirim. ↻ “benim onunla evlen-me-em, evlen-dik-im”

O bize yardım eder. ↻ “onun bize yardım et-me-/s/i, et-tik-i”

Ben mektubu tekrar yazayım. ↻ “benim mektubu tekrar yaz-ma-am”

Ben bir mektup yazmıştım.↻ “benim bir mektup yaz-mış ol-ma-am” As it is seen in the noun compounds above, when sentences are trans-

formed and nominalized, they lose their time concepts like all infinitives . The

“benim”, “senin” parts of the compounds may be ignored, and so, only

“tiyat-ro-/y/a git-me-emiz” or “mektup-u tekrar yaz-ma-am” can be used

as noun compounds without the possessive pronouns.

Bekle-me-/n/in fayda-/s/ı yok. Wait-ing is of no use.

(Literally: "There is not the use of wait-ing") (“beklemenin faydası” is an

“infinitive + noun” compound used as the subject of the sentence. Şemsiye-em-i geri getir-me-/y/i unut-ma. (“Getir-me” is an infinitive.)

(şem*si*ye*mi / ge*ri / ge*tir*me*yi / u*nut*ma ↷)

Don’t forget to bring my umbrella back. (“To bring” is a nominal infinitive.)

In the example above, the /y/ glide is used between the /e/ phoneme and the

[i] defining allomorph.


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Biz-im takım kazan-ma-/y/ı hak et-ti. (“kazan-ma” is an infinitive.)

(bi*zim / ta*kım / ka*zan*ma*yı / ha*ket*ti ↷)

Our team deserved to win. (“to win” is a nominal infinitive.) Eski araba-amız-ı sat-ma-/y/ı ertele-di-ik.

(es*ki / a*ra*ba*mı*zı / sat*ma*yı / er*te*le*dik ↷)

We postponed sell-ing our old car. (“Sell-ing” is a nominal gerund.)

“Araba-amız-ı” is the definite object of “sat-ma”; “eski araba-amız-ı sat-ma-

/y/ı” is the definite object of “ertele”.

Yüz-me-/y/i bana baba-am öğret-ti.

(yüz*me*yi / ba*na / ba*bam / öğ*ret*ti ↷)

My father taught me to swim. (“to swim” is a nominal infinitive.)

Biz-im-le Bursa’/y/a git-me-/y/i kabul et-ti. (Liaison)

(bi*zim*le / bur*sa*ya / git*me*yi / ka*bu:*let*ti ↷)

He agreed to go to Bursa with us. (“To go” is a nominal infinitive .)

Hırsız kasa-/y/ı aç-ma-/y/ı dene-di.

(hır*sız / ka*sa*yı / aç*ma*yı / de*ne*di ↷)

The thief tried open-ing the safe. (“Open-ing” is a nominal gerund.)

Yeni bir araba al-ma-/y/ı düşün-üyor-uz.

(ye*ni / bir / a*ra*ba / al*ma*yı / dü*şü*nü*yo*ruz ↷)

We are considering buy-ing a new car.

Note: The Turkish underlined words are all infinitives.

2 (c). The verbs that need “noun + infinitive” compounds followed

by [e], or [a] allomorphs:

Baba-am, futbol maç-ı-/n/a git-me-em-e izin ver-di. subject (noun compound - [e]) adverbial phrs verb

My father allowed me to go to the football match.

Baba-am, kızkardeş-im-in gece yalnız sinema-/y/a git-me-/s/i-/n/e kız-dı. subject possessive noun adv adv adverbial ow ned-/n/e verb

(noun + infinitive compound + [e]) adverbial phrase

My father got angry about my sister’s go-ing to the cinema alone at night.

Baba-am, araba-/s/ı-/n/ı kullan-ma-am-a hiç izin ver-me-iyor.

(ba*bam / a*ra*ba*sı*nı / kul*lan*ma*ma / hiç / i*zin / ver*mi*yor ↷)

My father is never allowing me to use his car.


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Baba-am balık tut-ma-/y/a git-me-em-e itiraz et-ti.

(ba*bam / ba*lık / tut*ma*ya / git*me*me / i:*ti*ra:z / et*ti ↷)

My father objected to my go-ing fish-ing.

2 (d). “noun + infinitive” compounds can also be followed by [den,

dan] allomorphs:

Anne-em (ben-im) ev-e geç gel-me-em-den hoşlan-ma-ıyor. subject possessive adv adv ow ned-den verb

noun + infinitive comp - [den]

adverbial phrase

My mother dislikes my com-ing home late.

There are two basic simpe sentences in the oral sentence above: 1. Ben eve geç geliyorum.

2. Annem bundan hoşlanmıyor.

Sentence Nr.1 is transformed and nominalized as "ben-im ev-e geç gel-me-

em". When this transformed nominal phrase is put in the place of "bundan"

in the second sentence, the new synonymous sentence "Anne-em ben-im

ev-e geç gel-me-em-den hoşlan-ma-ıyor" sentence structure is produced.

In this transformed phrase, "ev-e" is an adverbial, and "geç" is an adverb

modifying the infinitive “gel-me”. “Ben-im ev-e geç gel-me-em” is a noun

compound (nominal phrase). If the allomorph [den] is attached to this

nominal phrase, it turns it into an adverbial phrase.

(Ben) (o-/n/un) her şey-i anla-ma-/s/ı/n/-dan kork-uyor-um. subj possessive def obj of “anla” ow ned-dan verb subj

noun + infinitive compound

nominal phrase-[dan]

adverbial

I am afraid of her understand-ing everything.

The [me, ma] infinitives attached to [e or a] allomorphs:

“main verb-[me/y/e, ma/y/a]

Klasik müzik dinle-me-/y/e düşkün-üm. indef obj of “dinle” inf initive-[e] subj compl subj

adverbial phrs

I am fond of listen-ing to classical music. İş-im-i tamamla-ma-/y/a çalış-iyor-um. (“Tamamlamaya” is an adverb.)

(i*şi*mi / ta*mam*la*ma*ya / ça*lı*şı*yo*rum ↷)

I am trying to complete my work. “To complete” is a nominal infinitive.)


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Dert et-me-/y/e değ-mez.

(der*det*me*ye / değ*mez ↷) (Liaison)

It is not worth trouble-ing about. Çalış-ma-/y/a devam et-ti. (Liaison)

(ça*lış*ma*ya / de*va:*met*ti ↷)

He went on work-ing. (“work-ing” is a nominal gerund; object of “on”.) Yağmur yağ-ma-/y/a başla-dı.

(yağ*mur / yağ*ma*ya / baş*la*dı ↷)

It began to rain or (rain-ing). 3 (a). The third kind of “noun + infinitive” compounds are made by adding

[iş, ış, üş, uş] allomorphs to verb roots, stems or frames such as: “ben-im

gül-üş-üm”, “sen-in bak-ış-ın”, which means “my way of smiling”, “your way

of looking”, etc. When these compounds take [E], [DE] or [DEN] morphemes,

they become adverbials:

Gül-üş-üm-e (gü*lü*şü*me) hayran-dır.

She adores my way of smil-ing.

Bana bak-ış-ın-ı özle-di-im. (ba*k ı*şı*nı)

I missed your way of look-ing at me.

Gitar çal-ış-ım-ı sev-er. (ça*lı*şı*mı)

He likes my way of play-ing the guitar.

Ev-e dön-üş-üm-den mutlu ol-du-lar.

They became happy about my com-ing back home.

4 (a). The following “noun + infinitive” compound is widely used in trans-

forming simple sentences into “syntactic nominal phrases” or "modifiers".

The following example shows how a simple sentence is transformed into a

“noun + infinitive” compound, and then how it is used as a syntactic nom-

inal phrase in a sentence:

possessive pronoun + verb - [dik, dık, dük, duk, tik, tık, tük, tuk]-

[possessive personal allomorph]

(ben-im) yüz-dük-üm possessive ow ned

(Ben) deniz-de yüz-üyor-du-um. “deniz-de yüz-dük-üm” simple sentence (noun compound) nominal phrase


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(O) deniz-de yüz-dük-üm-ü gör-dü. (yüz*dü*ğü*mü) subj (noun comp) definite object verb predicate

He saw that I was swimming in the sea. subj verb (object of “see”) noun clause adverbial

predicate

Note: In the Turkish sentence above, the /k/ phoneme changes into the

voiced /ğ/, and the last [ü] is the definer that changes the compound into a

definite object.

The same “noun + infinitive” compound can also be used as a modifier:

(Ben) okul-a git-iyor-um. git-tik-im okul modifier noun

nominal phrase

ben-im git-tik-im okul the school that I go to modifier noun noun modfier

Ben-im git-tik-im okul çok kalabalık. The school that I go to is very crowded. subject subj complement (nominal phrs) subject verb subj complement

The owned parts of the “noun + infinitive” compounds are also used as

objects of postpositions (English “prepositions”): (Ben-im) her zaman okul-a geç gel-dik-im için İngilizce ögretmeni-im ben-i azarla-dı.

noun infinitive comp (object of “için”) postp subject object verb

postpositional adverbial phrase of cause

My English teacher shouted at me because of my always come-ing to school late. subject verb adverb preposition nominal phrs (object of ”because of”

prepositional adverbial phrase of cause

A final note that should be added to the above explanations is that as the

infinitives are made up of verbs, they can take objects like verbs when they

are transitive, but if they are intransitive, they can take only adverbs or

adverbials. The sentences that contain infinitives are produced as follows:

1. O ben-i bek le-sin. ↻ “o-/n/un ben-i bekle-me-/s/i”

2. Ben bu-/n/u istiyor-um. If the first nominalized phrase is used in the place of “bunu” in the second

sentence, we produce the following sentence containing a noun compound:

Ben-i bekle-me-/s/i-/n/i iste-iyor-um.

(be*ni / bek*le*me*si*ni / is*ti*yo*rum ↷) I want him to wait for me. (“to wait” is a nominal infinitive.)


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THE PASSIVE INFINITIVE

Only the transitive verbs can be put into the passive voice in English, but in

Turkish, both transitive and intransitive verbs can be changed into the pas-

sive form. Therefore, the passive making allomorphs can be attached to all

kinds of verb roots, stems or frames. If the passive making allomorphs are

attached to transitive verbs, these verbs are put into the passive voice, but if

the intransitive ones are put into the passive form, only their forms are

changed; they are not put into the passive voice. For instance, if “Bu

hapishane-den kaç-ıl-maz” sentence is said, it can be literally written in

English as "*This prison can’t be escaped", which means, “It is impossible

to escape from this prison”. In this article, such verbs are called “passive

shaped intransitive verbs”.

The passive making allomorphs are as follows:

1. The verbs ending with both vowels and /L/ and /r/ consonants are put

into the passive form by using [in, ın, ün, un, en, an] passive making

allomorphs such as “bekle-en”, “dene-en”, “başla-an”, “yakala-an”, “yürü-ün”,

“oku-un”, “al-ın”, “çal-ın”, “gel-in”, “del-in”, “koru-un”.

2. The verbs ending with consonants take [il, ıl, ül, ul] passive making

allomorphs such as “çek-il”, seç-il”, “geç-il”, sür-ül”, “gör-ül”. When

some of these verbs take [in, ın, ün, un, en, an] allomorphs, they also

become reflexive verbs such as “çek-in”, “geç-in”, “sür-ün”, “gör-ün”,

“besle-en”, “yala-an”.

All the verb frames above can take [me, ma] or [mek, mak] allomorphs to be

used as passive infinitives:

başla-an-ma(k), topla-an-ma(k), besle-en-me(k), temizle-en-me(k), ekle-en-

me(k), yürü-ün-me(k), doku-un-ma(k) (weave), oku-un-ma(k), oyala-an-

ma(k), geç-il-me(k), geç-in-me(k), sür-ül-me(k), sür-ün-me(k), gör-ül-me(k),

gör-ün-me(k), bak-ıl-ma(k), bak-ın-ma(k), aç-ıl-ma(k), seç-il-me(k), yen-il-

me(k), ed-il-me(k), ed-in-me(k), tap-ıl-ma(k), tap-ın-ma(k), yap-ıl-ma(k), uy-

ul-ma(k), konuş-ul-ma(k), sür-ül-me(k), sür-ün-me(k).

The shared identical vowels above combine, and the single underlined

consonants detach from their syllablers and attach to the first vowels of the

following inflectional morphemes Consider the following: .

Kendi-/s/i/y/-le alay et-il-me-/s/i/n/-den nefret et-er.

(ken*di*siy*le / a*lay / e*dil*me*sin*den / nef*ret / e*der ↷).

She hates being made fun of her.


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In the sentence above, the /t/ is replaced by the voiced /d/; and the /s/ and

/n/ consonants are used as glides.

Kendi-/s/i-/n/e kaba davran-ıl-ma-/s/ı/n/-dan hoşlan-maz.

(ken*di*si*ne / ka*ba / dav*ra*nıl*ma*sın*dan / hoş*lan*maz ↷)

She dislikes be-ing rudely treated.

Takım-ı-/n/ın yen-il-me-/s/i/n/-den nefret eder.

(ta*kı*mı*nın / ye*nil*me*sin*den / nef*ret / e*der ↷)

He hates his team be-ing beaten.

Bütün kadın-lar kendi-ler-i-/n/e yumuşak davran-ıl-ma-/s/ı/n/-dan hoşlan-ır.

(bü*tün / ka*dın*lar / ken*di*le*ri*ne / yu*mu*şak / dav*ra*nıl*ma*sın*dan /

hoş*la*nır ↷) All women like be-ing tenderly treated.

Rahatsız et-il-mek iste-me-iyor-um.

(ra*hat*sız / e*dil*mek / is*te*mi*yo*rum ↷)

I don’t want to be disturbed.

Herkes kendi-/s/i-/n/e eşit davran-ıl-ma-/s/ı-/n/ı iste-er.

(her*kes / ken*di*si*ne / e*şit / dav*ra*nıl*ma*sı*nı / is*ter ↷)

Everybody wants to be equally treated.

Bu cümleler dikkat-le okun-malı-dır.

(bu / cüm*le*ler / dik*kat*le / o*kun*ma*lı*dır ↷)

These sentences should be read carefully.

English verbs that take only infinitives as verbal direct objects:

attempt, decide, expect, hesitate, hope, ıntend, learn, need, neglect,

plan, pretend, promise, propose. want. For instance: We hope to finish our work in time. subj verb nominal inf obj of “f inish” adverbial

İş-imiz-i zaman-ın-da bitir-me-/y/i um-uyor-uz.

obj of “bitir” adverbial nominal infinitive verb subj

You must learn to be polite. subj verb nominal inf adjective Nazik ol-ma-/y/ı öğren-meli-sin. adjective nominal inf verb subj

We plan to rent a car to go to Bursa. subj verb nominal infinitive obj of “rent” adverbial inf initive adverbial

Bursa-/y/a git-mek için bir araba kirala-ma-/y/ı planla-ıyor-uz. adverbial adverbial inf initive object of “kirala” nominal infinitive verb subj


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Jack always neglects to do his homework.

subj adverb verb nominal inf object of “do”

Jack her zaman ev ödev-i-/n/i yap-ma-/y/ı ihmal et-er. subj adverb object of “yap” nominal inf initive verb

TURKISH MORPHEMES, ALLOMORPHS AND SYLLABLES

If you hesitate about the underlined consonants and vowels, read the examles below:

Morphemes are the smallest meaningful elements in languages, and allomorphs are their differently articulated forms carrying the same meanings of the morphemes. For instance, in Turkish, the simple past tense bound morpheme is [Dİ], which has [di, dı, dü, du, ti, tı, tü, tu] allomorphs produced by the sound system of the Turkish language. Each one of these allomorphs means [Dİ], which are chosen following the last vowels of the verbs that they are attached to. For instance, the morpheme of the simple past tense morpheme is [Dİ], which has the allomorphs [di, dı, dü, du, ti, tı, tü, tu]. For instance:

gel-di, al-dı, gör-dü, oku-du, git-ti, at-tı, öt-tü, yut-tu.

The morpheme of the present continuous tense is [İYOR], which has the allomorphs [iyor, ıyor, üyor, uyor]. For instance:

gel-iyor, bak-ıyor, yürü-üyor, otur-uyor.

The morpheme of the simple present tense is [İR], which has the allomorphs [ir, ır, ür, ur, er, ar]. Such as:

Gel-ir, al-ır, yürü-ür, otur-ur, bekle-er, başla-ar

The morpheme of the simple future tense is [ECEK], which has the allomorphs [ecek, acak], Such as: Gel-ecek, gül-ecek, yürü-/y/ecek, al-acak. bak-acak, başla-/y/acak, bul-acak, anla-/y/acak, sor-acak, patla-/y/acak, üşü-/y/ecek, öğren-ecek

There are some single underlined consonants, such as “r”, “k”, which indicate that these consonants detach from their morphemes or allomorphs and attach to the allomorphs starting with vowels to produce pronounceable syllables to be uttered by the speech organs and heard through the ears. Such as:

gel-iyor (ge*li*yor), otur-uyor (o*tu*ru*yor), sars-ıyor (sar*sı*yor)


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There are some successive vowels, such as “u-u”, “a-a”, “ı-ı” and “ü-ü”, “e-e”, “i-i”, which combine and verbalize as single vowels to be produced by the speech organs easily and harmoniously, such as “u”, “a”, “ı” and “ü”, “e”, “i”.

There are the /y/ glides, which help a vowel sound pass from one vowel to the next one.

The double underlined vowels, such as “a”, “e” drop and overlooked by the Turkish sound system.

As a general rule, there are two different sentence sequences in Turkish. The first sentence sequence is the morphemic sequence, which divides morphemes and allomorphs that carry meanings separately. For instance, the following sentence is a morphemic sequence:

İş-imiz-i zaman-ın-da bitir-me-/y/i planla-ıyor-uz

The morphemic sequence above is difficult to verbalize, but the words are understandable.

The following sequence is a syllabic sequence, which can be verbalized easily, but the syllables do not have meanings by themselves when each syllable is considered separately:

(i*şi*mi*zi / za*ma*nın*da / bi*tir*me*yi / plan*lı*yo*ruz)

How do we understand when we hear these meaningless syllables? We understand because we understand the morphemes and allomorphs underlying them.

When we separate the words above, we separate them as they are separated in the syllabic sequence above:

İşimizi zamanında bitirmeyi planlıyoruz.

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