Bi-Weekly Journal Week 6, 7

[Claire Fuller]

During these weeks I learned about different verbs and how to use these verbs with each pronoun. I also learned how to negate these verbs (which is done using the infix "-mi-"). Sometimes when I am reading Turkish it is difficult for me to recognize that verbs are negated because in English this is denoted by a separate word, not by a couple of letters inserted into the middle of a word, but if I keep this in mind hopefully it will no longer be an issue. I also learned about the locative case (using at/in/on), dative case (to/towards), and the ablative case (from), which requires understanding various rules that rely on vowel harmony and voiceless consonants. Using the new vocabulary I learned and knowing how to use verbs, I was able to write and talk about daily routines. Understanding Turkish verbs broadened my ability to write more unique sentences.