Vowel Harmony

In Turkish, there are two type of vowels. The Suffixes depend on last vowel letter of a word.

• Bold Vowels = a, ı, o, u
• Thin Vowels = e, i, ö, ü

Examples for -da, -de (Preposition);

• elmada (on the apple)
• kızda (at the girl)
• yolda (on the road)
• suda (on the water)

• evde (at home)
• şehirde (in the city)
• önde (ahead)
• gülde (on the rose)

Examples for -dı, -du, -di, -dü (Past Tense);

• kaldı (he stayed)
• ısırdı (he bit)

• koydu (he put)
• buldu (he found)

• geldi (he came)
• sildi (he deleted)

• gördü (he saw)
• güldü (he laughed)