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Breakdown of Ülkemiz bu haldeyken, bizden iyi bir şey çıkmaz.
bu
this
biz
we
iyi
good, well
bir şey
one thing
hal
situation, condition, state
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.
For example: halde, hali, halden, halin.
ülke
country
çıkmak
to be extracted, to come out of (something), to originate
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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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