Arzu and I decided we were not going to get into verbs until next semester because she said they were complicated and may be confusing. However, I found this resource and will bookmark it for future use because it has a handy looking chart for conjugating and I'm confident it will be helpful for visuals.
Despite not learning adjectives, she did teach me how make non verbial sentences.
EXAMPLE:
She is a beautiful girl = O güzel bir kız (third person does not take any suffixes)
I am a beautiful girl = Sen güzel bir kızsın
*The personal pronoun takes to the noun of the sentence in suffix form
We can also see the vowel harmony in the word "girl" where 'ı' takes 'ı' in the suffix.
These are the suffixes:
I = im
You = sin
You (formal) = siniz
He/she/it = no suffix attached
We = iz
They = no suffix attached
Since most of the activities that we do is verbal and minimal writing, this is/was a hard to retain. I am able to memorize it and know it well for a period of time, but as I don't practice it enough on my own, I forget it. I'm a tactile learner as well as visual, so writing helps me retain a lot of what I learn. I rewrote new words at some points to practice, but I wasn't consistent about it. Ideally, I'd take new vocabulary and write it out with the pronoun suffixes and the concept would stick. This is something I need to be better about and can do to review my Turkish over winter break.
Resources:
VERB CONJUGATION:
http://learnturkish.pgeorgalas.gr/ConjugationSetEn.asp
GRAMMAR INTRODUCTION:
General overview of Turkish grammar that I've learned (sentence order, suffixes) and haven't learned (verbs).
http://www.turkishclass.com/turkish_lesson_1
BASIC TURKISH VOCABULARY AND PHRASES:
Great composition of the basic phrases in introductions, greetings, and vocabulary that I've learned. I love how it is charted (going with the visual half of my learning).
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