PART ONE - THE
BASICS
Lesson 2: Articles and Gender
Apparently you've successfully
finished lesson one, so now we can continue with the
second lesson. In this lesson, you'll learn how to
describe certain objects. First of all,Turkish has no
definite article (like; "the", "der, die, das", "el,la"...)
and the indefinite article is "bir"
(equivalent of English's "a/an".
( And it is not so essential; you can omit
"bir").Take a look at these
Turkish sentences:
| "He is a
father" |
"O bir babadır." |
| "I am a
student." |
"Ben bir
öğrenciyim." |
"Ben
öğrenciyim." |
" Öğrenciyim." |
(These three sentences have the same
meaning. You can change the meaning by stressing.)
Now, we have a
good news: Turkish has no different gender!! The third
singular person
"o""he/she/it".
In this lesson we'll also introduce
the verb "sahip olmak",
which means "to have". Take
a look at the full conjugation and translation of this
verb:
| "Ben (birşeye)
sahibim." |
"I have (sthg.)" |
| "Sen (birşeye)
sahipsin." |
"You have (sthg.)" |
| "O (birşeye)
sahiptir." |
"He/she/it has
(sthg.)" |
| "Biz (birşeye)
sahibiz." |
"We have (sthg.)" |
| "Siz (birşeye)
sahipsiniz." |
"You have (sthg.)" |
| "Onlar (birşeye)
sahiptirler." |
"They have (sthg.)" |
(This usage is grammatically correct
but we usually use it as "benim bir
evim var" instead of "ben
bir eve sahibim".) It means
"there is a house that belongs to me."
VOCABULARY
Learn the following words. The words of the previous
lesson are mentioned again, but this time we also show
what definite article to use.
|
BABA |
THE FATHER |
| ANNE |
THE MOTHER |
| BÜYÜKANNE,
NİNE |
THE
GRANDMOTHER |
| BÜYÜKBABA,
DEDE |
THE
GRANDFATHER |
| SANDALYE |
THE CHAIR |
| EV |
THE HOUSE |
| MASA |
THE TABLE |
| KEDİ |
THE CAT |
| KÖPEK |
THE DOG |
| KEMİK |
THE BONE |
| HAYVAN |
THE ANIMAL |
| BİNA |
THE BUILDING |
EXERCISES
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Kedi bir hayvandır.
2) Ev bir binadır.
3) Köpek bir kemiğe sahiptir.
4) Ben bir kediye sahibim.
5) Baba bir eve sahiptir.
6) Baba ve anne bir köpeğe
sahiptirler.
7) Siz bir eve sahipsiniz.
Exercise B: Translate to Turkish:
1) The grandmother has a cat.
2) A cat is an animal.
3) The table has a chair.
4) The grandmother and the
grandfather have a dog.
5) The mother has a dog and the
father has a cat.
6) We have a table.
7) They have the house.
SOLUTIONS
Solution of exercise A:
1) A cat is an animal.
2) The house is a building.
3) The dog has a bone.
4) I have a cat.
5) The father has a house.
6) The father and the mother
have a dog.
7) You have a house.
Solution of
exercise B:
1) Büyükanne bir kediye sahiptir.
2) Kedi bir hayvandır.
3) Masa bir sandalyeye sahiptir.
4) Büyükanne ve büyükbaba bir
köpeğe sahiptirler.
5) Anne bir köpeğe sahiptir ve
baba bir kediye sahiptir.
6) Biz bir masaya sahibiz.
7) Onlar bir eve sahiptirler.
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