Language/Turkish/Grammar/Gender

Turkish Grammar - Gender

Hi Turkish learners! 😊
In this lesson, we will learn about the gender rules in Turkish grammar. We will look at the rules for nouns, adjectives, and pronouns. We will also look at some examples and practice using the rules. Finally, we will have a quiz to test your understanding. Let's get started!

Nouns

In Turkish, nouns are either masculine or feminine. There is no neutral gender. To determine the gender of a noun, you need to look at the last letter of the word.

• If the last letter is a consonant, the noun is masculine.
• If the last letter is a vowel, the noun is feminine.

Examples

Turkish	Pronunciation	English Translation
ev	ehv	house
araba	ah-rah-bah	car
kalem	kah-lem	pen
masa	mah-sah	table
kız	keez	girl

As you can see from the examples above, the nouns ending with a consonant (ev, araba, kalem) are masculine, while the nouns ending with a vowel (masa, kız) are feminine.

Adjectives

Adjectives must agree with the nouns they modify in gender.

• If the noun is masculine, the adjective must be in the masculine form.
• If the noun is feminine, the adjective must be in the feminine form.

Examples

Turkish	Pronunciation	English Translation
güzel ev	goo-zehl ehv	beautiful house
güzel araba	goo-zehl ah-rah-bah	beautiful car
güzel kalem	goo-zehl kah-lem	beautiful pen
güzel masa	goo-zeh-lah mah-sah	beautiful table
güzel kız	goo-zehl keez	beautiful girl

As you can see from the examples above, the adjectives must agree with the gender of the nouns they modify.

Pronouns

Pronouns must also agree with the nouns they refer to in gender.

• If the noun is masculine, the pronoun must be in the masculine form.
• If the noun is feminine, the pronoun must be in the feminine form.

Examples

Turkish	Pronunciation	English Translation
o ev	oh ehv	that house
o araba	oh ah-rah-bah	that car
o kalem	oh kah-lem	that pen
o masa	oh mah-sah	that table
o kız	oh keez	that girl

As you can see from the examples above, the pronouns must agree with the gender of the nouns they refer to.

Practice

Now it's time to practice what you've learned. Try to fill in the blanks with the correct gender form of the words.

1. O ____ ev güzel. (masculine) 2. O ____ araba güzel. (feminine) 3. O ____ kalem güzel. (masculine) 4. O ____ masa güzel. (feminine) 5. O ____ kız güzel. (feminine)

Answers: 1. O güzel ev. 2. O güzel araba. 3. O güzel kalem. 4. O güzel masa. 5. O güzel kız.

Quiz

Let's test your understanding with a quiz.

Questions

1. What is the gender of the noun "araba"? 2. What is the gender of the noun "kalem"? 3. What is the gender of the noun "masa"? 4. What is the gender of the pronoun "o" when referring to a masculine noun? 5. What is the gender of the pronoun "o" when referring to a feminine noun?

Answers

1. Masculine 2. Masculine 3. Feminine 4. Masculine 5. Feminine

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