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Hello everybody,
In today's lesson you will learn some useful vocabulary about ¨REDUCTION IN A ADJECTIVES¨ in Turkish.
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Reduction in a adjective in Turkish
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Add the following suffixes in an adjectives (-ce, -cik, - (i) msi, (i) mtırak.
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| ENGLISH | PRONUNCIATION
ENGLISH |
TURKISH | PRONUNCIATION
BRAZILIAN PORTUGUESE |
BRAZILIAN
PORTUGUESE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close to the big
but not exactly big |
bew ewk cheh bihr
ehv dih |
Büyükçe bir evdi | by yyk tche biir
ev dí |
Perto de ser grande mas
não exatamente grande |
| Not full green,
close to green |
yeh shih lihm sih bihr
rehn gih vahr duh |
Yeşilimsi bir rengi vardı | ie chi lim si biir
reh gui var dâ |
não é totalmente verde,
é quase verde |
| The taste was
close to sour |
ehk shihm tuh rahk bihr
tah duh vahr duh |
Ekşimtırak bir tadı vardı | ek chim tâ rak
biir ta dâ var dâ |
O sabor estava
perto do azedo |
| Smaller than
small |
kew chew jewk
ah yahk lah ruh vahr duh |
Küçücük ayakları vardı | 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)