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Lesson 45
Intermediate
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Fun with -leri
-leri, -leri, -leri. . . after you say it enough, it doesn't sound like a suffix anymore. Today, we've got a fun lesson that plays with the many uses and ambiguity of -leri in Turkish.
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Andy B
think i need to study the possesive again !!
Apr 18, 2014
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Martha
I'm confused. Is this cat's name Larry? ... Özür dilerim. Kendimi zaptedemedim. :)
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Justin
Çok ayıp sana :)
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Moritz
Would in the last review question "onun kedileri onların kedileridir" also have been correct? I don't use the "-dir" form often, but here it sounds like it could clear thinks up.
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Justin
Yes, that would be totally acceptable :)
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Christopher
I have a question about pronunciation. When the first character "Selin" says "buraya getirdim", it sure sounds like she says bu-RAY-yay and not BU-rah-yah the way I would have expected it to sound phonetically. Is that a matter of accent, or casual speech, or what?
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Goşa
Re: "Kedileri" is ambiguous because "ler" is never repeated in a Turkish word. (from the review questions)
There are situations where it can be repeated. E.g. evLERindeydiLER.
There are situations where it can be repeated. E.g. evLERindeydiLER.