Six More Letters
Turkish · Page 1 of 2
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DIRECTIONS: Turkish uses your alphabet plus these six letters. Every letter says one sound, always.
ğ
silent — it stretches the vowel before it
ı
a dull uh, and it is a letter in its own right
ö
as in the German schön, or roughly the vowel in her
ü
as in the French tu — say ee with round lips
Two different i’s, each with a capital:
I ı
no dot, ever — a dull uh sound
İ i
a dot on both — the ee sound you know
Now read some: say each one, then guess what it means.
| Turkish | Say it out loud | What do you think it means? |
|---|
| ev | | |
| el | | |
| göz | | |
| okul | | |
| araba | | |
Read Them Out Loud
Turkish · Page 2 of 2
DIRECTIONS: Say each one, one letter at a time, then guess what it means.
| Turkish | Say it out loud | What do you think it means? |
|---|
| kedi | | |
| yol | | |
| kalem | | |
| kapı | | |
Some you can’t guess: Turkish isn’t related to English at all.
- Which was easiest to say out loud, and why?
- English has one letter i. Turkish has two. Say what a Turkish reader gains from that, in one sentence.