This week I learned how to say things in plural and how to ask basic questions. Putting words in plural and asking questions require vowel harmony. Because vowel harmony is so common and I've been using it more as I dive deeper into my Turkish studies, I think it is coming more naturally to me. I learned how to say "what," "who," and "where," and how to say "this" and "that," which gave me enough tools to start constructing questions. I found it interesting how in English we have two words, "this" and "that," that differentiate between the closeness of a reference, but in Turkish there are three words that indicate different degrees of closeness. Using the plural rules that I learned, I was then able to say "these" and "those." I also did some exercises from the workbook Merve provided to practice writing questions and answering them.
Over the weekend, I found out that my friend and her family watch Turkish dramas at home (with Arabic subtitles). She said that she preferred Turkish dramas over American TV shows and recommended a couple that are available on Netflix, so I look forward to watching the shows she recommended to me and seeing the Turkish I’ve learned in context.
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