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Reduction in an adjective in Turkish
Reduction in an adjective in Turkish

Hello everybody,

In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨REDUCTION IN AN ADJECTIVES¨ in Turkish.

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Consider exploring these related pages after completing this lesson: REİTERATİVE, Gender, Participles & The Accusative Case in Turkish.

Reduction in an adjective in Turkish[edit | edit source]

Add the following suffixes in an adjectives: -ce, -cik, - (i) msi, (i) mtırak.

ADJECTIVE SUFFIX ENGLISH TURKISH PRONUNCIATION in

ENGLISH

PRONUNCIATION in

BRAZILIAN and

PORTUGUESE

BRAZILIAN

PORTUGUESE

Büyük -ce (-çe) Close to the big

but not exactly big

"Büyükçe" bir evdi. bew ewk cheh bihr

ehv dih

by yyk tche biir

ev dí

Perto de ser grande mas

não exatamente grande

Yeşil -(i)msi Not full green,

close to green

"Yeşilimsi" bir rengi vardı. yeh shih lihm sih bihr

rehn gih vahr duh

ie chi lim si biir

reh gui var dâ

não é totalmente verde,

é quase verde

Ekşi -(i)mtrak The taste was

close to sour

"Ekşimtırak" bir tadı vardı. ehk shihm tuh rahk bihr

tah duh vahr duh

ek chim tâ rak

biir ta dâ var dâ

O sabor estava

perto do azedo

Küçük (-cik,) -cük Smaller than

small

"Küçücük" ayakları vardı. kew chew jewk

ah yahk lah ruh vahr duh

ky tchy djyk

a iák la râ var dâ

é menor do que

o menor

Reduction in Adjectives

It is made with the suffixes' -ce, -cik, - (i) msi, (i) mtrak en added to adjectives.

  • Büyükçe bir evdi.(Close to the big but not exactly big)
  • Yeşilimsi bir rengi vardı.(Not full green, close to green)
  • Ekşimtırak bir tadı vardı.(The taste was close to sour.)
  • Küçücük ayakları vardı.(Smaller than small)

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