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When you reach a language learning plateau, stubborn mistakes can feel permanent. To express universal concessive conditionals like "no matter what/how/who," pair a question word with a verb in the conditional mood.

The formula is:
- Question Word (**ne**, **nasıl**, **kim**, **ne kadar**, **hangi**, vb.)
- Verb Stem + Conditional Suffix (**-sa** / **-se**)
- Personal Suffix

For instance, combining **ne kadar** (how much) with the conditional form of **gayret etmek** creates "no matter how much effort I make":

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You can also use question words with postpositions, such as **kiminle** (with whom):

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### What and How

Use **ne** (what) or **nasıl** (how) for tricky grammar rules or difficult pronunciation:

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### Modifying Nouns with "Hangi"

To say "no matter which [noun]," place **hangi** before the noun. The noun still takes any case ending the verb requires (like the accusative case for a specific direct object):

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### Changing the Subject and Location

Change the personal suffix to describe other people. The third person (he/she/it) takes no personal suffix, leaving just **-sa** / **-se**:

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This structure also works with directional words like **nereye** (where to) for situations that persist across different places:

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No matter what (ne -sa)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

postposition

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Demonstrative pronouns (bu, şu, o)

Basic question words (kim, ne)

Plural nouns (-lar, -ler)

I am and you are (-(y)ım, -sın)

We, you, and they are (-(y)ız, -sınız)

Negative statements (değil)

Yes and no questions (mı, mi, mu, mü)

Questions with 'to be' (mısın, mıyım)

Numbers 1 to 10 (bir, iki, üç)

Numbers 11 to 20 (on bir, on iki)

Numbers by tens to 100 (otuz, kırk...)

Counting objects (tane)

The locative case (-da, -de)

Consonant assimilation (-ta, -te)

Asking where (nerede)

There is / there are (var)

There is not / there are not (yok)

Asking how many (kaç)

Infinitive verbs (-mak, -mek)

Informal commands (git, gel)

Negative commands (-ma, -me)

Polite and plural commands (-In, -InIz)

Basic word order

Present continuous for consonant roots (-iyor)

Present continuous for vowel roots (-iyor)

Present continuous personal suffixes (-iyorum)

Negative present continuous (-miyor)

Present continuous questions (-iyor mu)

Future plans with present continuous

The dative case (-(y)a, -(y)e)

Consonant mutation (k, t, p, ç to ğ, d, b, c)

From or out of (-dan / -den)

Directional question words (nereye, nereden)

First and second person possessives (-(i)m, -(i)n)

Third person possessive (-(s)i)

Plural possessives (-imiz, -iniz, -leri)

The genitive case (-(n)in)

Definite noun compounds (-nin ... -si)

Indefinite noun compounds (bare noun + -(s)i)

Possessive buffer letter (n)

Spatial postpositions (içinde, üstünde)

The definite direct object (-(y)ı, -(y)i)

Object question words (kimi, neyi)

Adjectives modifying nouns

Manner and choice questions (nasıl, hangi)

Basic degree modifiers (çok, biraz)

Comparisons (daha, en)

Days of the week

Months of the year

The time question word (ne zaman)

Telling time (saat, buçuk)

Asking the time (saat kaç, saat kaçta)

Basic conjunctions (ve, ama, veya)

Causality conjunction (çünkü)

Means and accompaniment (ile, -(y)lA)

Purpose and beneficiaries (için)

Expressing desire (-mak istemek)

The past copula (-(y)DI)

The direct past tense (-DI)

Past tense personal suffixes (-DIm, -DIn)

Past tense negative (-mAdI)

Past tense questions (-DI mI)

Ordinal numbers (-(I)ncI)

Greetings and politeness

Saying 'too' (de, da)

Conversation fillers (şey, yani, hadi)

Conversational essentials

Reflexive pronouns (kendim, kendin)

Reciprocal pronouns (birbiri)

Indefinite pronouns for people (herkes, kimse)

Indefinite pronouns for things and places (her şey, hiçbir şey)

Conjunctions of consequence (bu yüzden, bu nedenle)

Correlative conjunctions (hem... hem, ne... ne)

Verbs taking the dative case (-e / -a)

Verbs taking the ablative case (-den / -dan)

Time origin (beri)

Time duration (-DIr)

Comparisons of similarity (gibi)

Comparisons of equality (kadar)

Perspectives (göre)

Verbal nouns (-mA / -mE)

Verbal nouns as objects (-mAyI / -mEyI)

Verbal nouns with the dative (-mAyA / -mEyA)

General necessity (lazım / gerek)

Personal necessity (-mAm lazım)

Third-person commands (-sIn / -sInlAr)

First person singular optative (-(y)AyIm)

Question	Answer
to make an effort	gayret etmek
No matter how much effort I make, I still have an accent.	Ne kadar gayret etsem, hâlâ aksanım var.
dialect / accent (regional)	şive
memory (mental capacity or storage)	hafıza
No matter who I speak to, I cannot keep a new dialect in my memory.	Kiminle konuşsam, yeni bir şiveyi hafızamda tutamıyorum.
exception	istisna
orthography / spelling	imla
No matter what I write, I make spelling mistakes because of the exceptions.	Ne yazsam, istisnalar yüzünden imla hatası yapıyorum.
stubborn	inatçı
flaw / defect	kusur
He is such a stubborn student that no matter which spelling flaw I show, he does not accept it.	O öyle inatçı bir öğrenci ki, hangi imla kusurunu göstersem kabul etmiyor.
stress / emphasis (linguistic or importance)	vurgu
to grasp / to comprehend	kavramak
No matter how I explain the stress, they do not grasp it.	Vurguyu nasıl anlatsam, kavramıyorlar.
mother tongue	ana dil
No matter how much I explain, apparently he has not completely grasped the mother tongue.	Ne kadar anlatsam, ana dilini tam kavramamış.
Unless I study grammar, no matter which exception I look at, I do not understand.	Gramer çalışmadıkça, hangi istisnaya baksam anlamıyorum.
My memory is very bad; no matter which word I learn, I forget it.	Hafızam çok kötü; hangi kelimeyi öğrensem unutuyorum.
No matter where I go, people make an effort to protect their mother tongue.	Nereye gitsem, insanlar ana dilini korumak için gayret ediyor.
No matter what he reads, he finds a flaw in the stress.	Ne okusa, vurguda bir kusur buluyor.
No matter what that stubborn man explains, his accent is always the same.	Şu inatçı adam ne anlatsa, şivesi hep aynı.