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Question sentences in Turkish can be classified into two groups like in English: Open mini chat

1. Yes-no questions New in Forums

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2. Regular questions ulak: ... ... ya da ... olsalarda, herkesin yemek ... ...
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There are also question tags, i.e. questions of the form "You are coming, aren't you?". as low as
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In this lesson, we will see how these different types of questions can be asked in Turkish. Ona göre
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Before looking at how questions are constructed, let's see the question words in Turkish. to...
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what? ne? Abla: Thank you for your answers, AlphaF, gokuyu
ikicihan.
who? kim? lyrics translation please
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which? hangi? it please help me ...
turkish to english please
where? nere? sam1: ...
when? ne zaman? Turkish to English
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how? nasıl? bir gundu ama hava sog...
sahip (olmak)?
how many? kaç tane? Abla: sahip is an Arabic loanword which means ...
as any noun. As...
how much? ne kadar? Please help me translate T-E
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how often? ne sıklıkla Please let me know if I...
seni annen mi giydirdi?
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Now, let's see how different types of question sentences can be constructed. colloquial in future tense
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1. Yes-no questions informal and ...

In Turkish, yes-no questions are constructed with the question suffix '-mi'. It is important to note, Turkish Class on Facebook
however, the question suffix -mi is written separate from the word it is appended to. You can ask at
this point: "Why is it a suffix instead of a separate word if it is written separately?". The reason
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question suffix -mi is regarded as a suffix is that it has to satisfy the major and minor vowel
harmony rules for the word it is appended to. Let's see some example sentences demonstrating the
use of the question suffix -mi.

A. This is a book. --> Bu bir kitap.

B. Is this a book? --> Bu bir kitap mı? (Note how the regular sentence is turned into a yes-no
question sentence by the addition of the question suffix -mi)
A1. Yes, this is a book. --> Evet, bu bir kitap.
A2. No, this is not a book. This is a notebook. --> Hayır, bu bir kitap de!il. Bu bir defter.

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A. His name is Ahmet. --> Onun adı Ahmet.
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B. Is his name Ahmet? --> Onun adı Ahmet mi?
A1. Yes, his name is Ahmet. Profile of Prashantsharma

A2. No, his name is not Ahmet. His name is Mehmet. --> Hayır, onun adı Ahmet de!il. Onun adı
A2. No, his name is not Ahmet. His name is Mehmet. --> Hayır, onun adı Ahmet de!il. Onun adı
Mehmet.
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A3. No. His name is Mehmet. --> Hayır. Onun adı Mehmet.

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A. This is my house. --> bu benim evim
B. Is this your house? --> Bu senin evin mi?
A1. Yes, this is my house. --> Evet, bu benim evim.
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A2. No, this is not my house. This is my mother's house. --> Hayır, bu benim evim de!il. Bu annemin
evi.

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2. Regular questions
Regular questions are the ones constructed using the question words listed above and the answers to
these questions are not simply yes or no. In English, there is a certain word order for regular Ay"e

question sentences. The question word comes first, and the rest of the sentence elements follow it. In Story by erdinc
Turkish, however, questions are constructed in a quite different way. To learn how to construct a
question, a simple way is to follow the following steps. This will work in most cases: Alphabet

1. Construct the answer sentence. Turkish lesson by admin

2. Locate the word or phrase that is the actual answer to the question. Level: beginner
3. Just replace that word or phrase with the appropriate question word. Lesson 4: Names of nations
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Let's apply this on an example. The question we want to ask is, "Who is this?".
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1. The answer sentence will be something like "This is my brother. --> Bu benim karde!im."
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2. The answer to the question is the phrase "my brother --> benim karde!im".
3. Replace this phrase with the question word "who --> kim" and the question sentence becomes Antalya - Kaleici
"Bu kim?".
To summarize, a question sentence has the same word order as a regular sentence. The difference is Picture by slavica
that the part of the sentence that is asked is replaced by the appropriate question word. The
question word takes all the suffixes of the word it is replaced for. Noun states

Consider the sentence "Ahmet eve gidiyor. --> Ahmet is going home."
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Who is going home? --> Kim eve gidiyor? (Ahmet in the regular sentence is replaced by who. The Level: beginner
rest of the sentence is the same.)
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Where did Ahmet go? --> Ahmet nereye gitti? (ev in the regular sentence is replaced by nere. Note
that the question word nere also takes the suffix -e of the word ev and becomes nereye, meaning 'to
where')
What is Ahmet doing? --? Ahmet ne yapıyor? (The phrase 'eve gidiyor' in the original sentence is
replaced by "ne yapıyor --> what's he doing")

Note that to make a question sentence asking a verb, we use :

"What + to be (in the appropriate tense) + object + to do (in the appropriate tense)"
Ex1: What are you doing?
Ex2: What did Ahmet do?
In Turkish, this structure becomes:
"Object + ne + yapmak (in the appropriate tense and person)"
Ex1: (Sen) ne yapıyorsun?
Ex2: Ahmet ne yaptı?
This is simply the regular sentence where the action is replaced by "ne + yapmak", which is
consistent with our rule for constructing question sentences.
3. Question tags
Question tags are the questions of the form:
You are home, aren't you?
He did his homework, didn't he?
Mehmet will come today, won't he?

Constructing question phrases in Turkish is very simple and straightforward. You just add "de!il mi"
at the end regardless of the sentence. The translations for the question tags above are then:
Evdesin, de!il mi?
Ödevini yaptı, de!il mi?
Mehmet bugün gelecek, de!il mi?

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Comments (13)

Tom5892 Sep 22 + -
guzel ders Tesekkurler ederim! Report
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g.bayraktari 7/15/2011 + -
faydalı, te"ekkürler! Report
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soody 5/31/2011 + -
it is a helpful lesson great one too Report
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maria200981 3/10/2011 + -
cok tesekkur ederim...... Report

luem7 1/18/2011 + -
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Very good lesson! (+1)
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soniabakir1 1/26/2009 + -
salam Report
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there is no translation of "yes ,his name is Ahmet (+2)
it can be "evet,Onun adı Ahmet.

lale102 1/10/2009 + -
wow this is really easy Report

PremAslan 11/3/2008 + -
so helpful Report

nyky 8/17/2008 + -
Widian,me too Report

doudi94 8/11/2008 + -
wow this really helps!! Report
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