Turkish

In this lesson we will learn to use conjunctions in Turkish, a very important class of words.
 After learning these, you will be able to make longer sentences in Turkish.
 

 
 Let's take a look at some conjunctions:
 

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 <td>There is coffee and tea</td>
 <td>Kahve ve çay var.</td>
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 <td>There is no coffee, but there is tea.</td>
 <td>Kahve yok, ama çay var.</td>
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 <td>There is no coffee, but there is tea.</td>
 <td>Kahve yok, fakat çay var.</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>I want to eat because I'm hungry, but there is no food.</td>
 <td>Yemek istiyorum çünkü açım, ama yemek yok.</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody></table>

 
 Ama and fakat mean exactly the same and are interchangeable.
 In practice, ama is used more by younger people and fakat is used more by older people.
 

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 <td>Do you want coffee or tea?</td>
 <td>Kahve ya da çay istiyor musun?</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>Do you want coffee or tea?</td>
 <td>Kahve veya çay istiyor musun?</td>
 </tr>
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 <td>Do you want coffee or do you want tea?</td>
 <td>Kahve mi yoksa çay mı istiyorsun?</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody></table>

 
 Ya da and veya also mean exactly the same and can also be used interchangeably.
 

 
 Yoksa's meaning is closer to otherwise or if not.
 In the sentences below containing ya da or veya, there might be more options, for example water, that the listener can choose from.
 In the sentence containing yoksa, the choice is between coffee and tea, and nothing else.
 

 
 When using yoksa it is necessary to put the question particle after both alternatives, and the verb does not receive a question particle.

Conjunctions

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

postposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

Unknown

NOUN - vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, consonant harmony

NOUN - no vowel harmony, no consonant harmony

VERB - intransitive, passive

VERB - intransitive, non-passive

VERB - transitive, non-causative

VERB - transitive, causative

VERB - ablative

VERB - dative

VERB - locative

VERB - accusative

VERB - intransitive, reciprocal

VERB - intransitive, reflexive

VERB - auxiliary

Word	ama
Meaning	but, however
Part of speech	conjunction
Pronunciation
Course	Turkish
Lesson	Conjunctions

ama

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Usages of ama

There is no coffee, but there is tea.	Kahve yok, ama çay var.
I want to eat because I'm hungry, but there is no food.	Yemek istiyorum çünkü açım, ama yemek yok.
That book's plot was unsuccessful, the film's was nice though.	O kitabın kurgusu başarısızdı, filminki güzeldi ama.
I mean I want to come, but maybe I won't. I don't know.	Yani gelmek istiyorum ama belki gelmem, bilmiyorum.