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Questions - On Consonant Mutation and Vowel Harmony.

 
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Questions on Consonant Mutation - 1

Note:
When answering these questions please take account of the translation of - you, your, of you, to you, from you - in Turkish.
In English we used to distingush between the Singular form - thee, thou, thy, thine ect.. and the Plural Forms - you, your, yours etc..

Both the Singular (-in -ın - un -ün) and Plural Forms (-iniz -ınız - unuz -ünüz) still exist in Turkish.

The Singular form - -in - thee - is used for friends and family and informal situations.The Plural form - -iniz - you - is used for strangers and public and formal situations.
ev - houseev - house
evin (ev-in)- your (thy) houseeviniz (ev-iniz) - your house
evinde (ev-in-de) - in your (thy) houseevinizde (ev-iniz-de) - in your house
evine - (ev-in-e) - to your (thy) houseevinize - (ev-iniz-e) - to your house
evinden -(ev-in-den) - from your (thy)houseevinizden -(ev-iniz-den) - from your house
evinin - (ev-in-n) - of your (thy) houseevinizin - (ev-iniz-in) - of your house
evler - housesevler - houses
evlerin (ev-in) - your (thy) housesevleriniz (ev-ler-iniz) - your houses
evlerinde (ev-in-de) - in your (thy) housesevlerinizde (ev-ler-iniz-de) - in your houses
evlerine (ev-in-e) - to your (thy) housesevlerinize (ev-ler-iniz-e) - to your houses
evlerinden (ev-in-den) - from your (thy) housesevlerinizden (ev-ler-iniz-den) - from your houses
evlerinin (ev-in-n) - of your (thy) housesevlerinizin (ev-ler-iniz-n) - of your houses

Translate into Turkish

Both Consonant Mutation and Vowel Harmony Rules should be observed

  1. My ear. In my ear. His ears. From his ears.
  2. Your foot. On your foot. Our feet. To our feet.
  3. My wrist. Of my wrist. Their wrists. From their wrists.
  4. My bank. In my bank. Her bank. From her bank.
  5. My place. In my place. From his place. Of our place.
  6. Our door. Our doors. My door's. My doors'.
  7. Your club. In your club. From his club.
  8. A manager. My manager. From my manager. He is a manager.
  9. With your advice. It is my advice. From his advice.
  10. I came from work. I came from my work.
  11. A sword. My sword. My swords. My sword's.
  12. Book. Our book. To our book. In his book.
  13. Letter. My letter. Your Letter. In our letter.
  14. It is my cat. I have got a cat. My cat has got a mouse.
  15. There is something in my eye.
  16. There is a car in the street. It is my car. Have you a car?
  17. I have a car. He has a car.
  18. His car is blue. My car is white.
  19. Where are my glasses. Are they on the table?
  20. The manager's wife's cat is in the garden.
  21. The answers are easier this time.
  22. The work is very hard but in the end it is useful.
  23. I have learned a lot from my teacher.
  24. Debt. My debt. How much do I owe?
Thanks to Nicholas Raghen for suggestions and improvements on this page - JG May 2007.