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Note
When this word takes suffixes that contain vowels, vowel harmony applies to it as if the stem vowel is e.For example: halde, hali, halden, halin.
Usages of hal
Ülkemiz bu haldeyken, bizden iyi bir şey çıkmaz.
When our country is in this condition, something good will not come out of us.
herhalde
presumably, probably; surely
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“How does vowel harmony work in Turkish?”
Turkish uses vowel harmony, meaning the vowels in suffixes change to match the last vowel of the word. Turkish vowels are divided into front (e, i, ö, ü) and back (a, ı, o, u) groups. Suffixes will use front or back vowels to harmonize with the root word.
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