Turkish Language - Questions - Vowel Harmony and the Plural

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Questions - Introduction to Vowel Harmony and the choice of which plural suffix "-lar" or "-ler" to use.

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VOWEL HARMONY REFERENCE
For -a or -e suffixes
a, ı, o, u	add	-a
e, i, ö, ü	add	-e
For -ı or -u suffixes
a or ı	add	-ı
o or u	add	-u
For -i or -ü suffixes
e or i	add	-i
ö or ü	add	-ü

CONSONANT MUTATION REFERENCE
The Unvoiced Consonants
ç	f	h	k	p	s	ş	t

Consonant Equivalents
k < ğ	t < d	ç < c	p < b

Suffix Equivalents
-de/-da < -te/-ta
-den/-dan < -ten/-tan
-dı/-di < -tı/-ti
-du/dü < -tu/tü
-cı/-ci < -çı/-çi
-cu/cü < -çu/çü

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVE REFERENCE
my -ım -im -um -üm and after vowels -m
your -ın -in -un -ün and after vowels -n
his/her/its -ı -i -u -ü and after vowels -sı -si -su- -sü
our -ımız -imiz -umuz -ümüz and after vowels -mız- miz -muz -müz
your -ınız -iniz -unuz -ünüz and after vowels -nız -niz -nuz -nüz
their -ları -leri and after vowels -ları -leri (no change)

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Exercise - Forming Plurals and Vowel Harmony - 1

Example Answers:

adam - man
adamlar - (adam + lar) - men

ev - house
evler - (ev + ler) - houses

QUESTION: Write down the plural of the following words according to Vowel Harmony Rules

araba - car
cars - ?
kedi - cat
cats - ?
köpek - dog
dogs - ?
bıçak - knife
knives - ?
çatal - fork
forks - ?
kaşık - spoon
spoons - ?
cadde - road
roads - ?
köprü - bridge
bridges - ?

çiçek - flower
flowers - ?
gün - day
days - ?
çocuk - child
children -?
kapı - door, gate
gates - ?
romörk - trailer
trailers - ?
palto - overcoat
overcoats - ?
saat - hour, clock
clocks - ? NOTE: this is one of the exceptions
köşe - corner
corners - ?