SDLC 110 Learning Journal 9

[Rosa M. Colon]

This week, my goal was to extend my understanding of vowel harmony by learning how to make words plural in Turkish.  Rather than simply adding an -s or -es to a word to indicate that there is more than one, Turkish requires that you add either -lar or -ler to verbs depending on the vowels preceding it.  If the last vowel in the word is a, ı, o, or u, then you add -lar because these are considered the thick vowels.  If the last vowel in the word is e, i, ö, ü then you add -ler because these are considered the thin vowels.  After an in class lesson, I completed a worksheet that required me to make singular plural by adding the appropriate endings.  This lesson has aided me in my understanding of vowel harmony which applies to other circumstances in the Turkish language.