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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 |
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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- Quantity in Turkish
- How to use ¨to be¨ with adjectives in Turkish
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- Greetings in Turkish
- The Nominative Case in Turkish
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- The Inclusive Case in Turkish