- What is
eas-y Turkish Grammar with answers 1
?
eas-y
Turkish Grammar with answers 1
is a self-study reference and practice book for
beginner (A1)
to
pre-intermediate (A2)
students of Turkish.
- Which Turkish does
teach?
It teaches modern standard Turkish, the dialect you read in newspapers and hear on TV channels.
- How is
organised?
The grammar
To help you have a feel for how Turkish works the book starts with a brief introduction about Turkish spelling, pronunciation, word order and parts of speech such as verbs, nouns and adjectives. After the introduction you will study
36
units presented in order of difficulty. First three units, which deal with
spelling and pronunciation
, come with
online audio
. You can find the link in the book.
Each unit covers one part of grammar explained by making references to English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. Areas where you may have difficulty have been treated with particular care and attention. Each topic is illustrated by plenty of real-life examples written by using the equivalents of
2000
basic English words. And each and every example in the book is translated into English.
In the book some unique conventions are used for spelling, pronunciation and grammar in order to help with the learning process. Each set of suffixes in Turkish, which might be mind-boggling for speakers of European languages such as English, is highlighted with a different colour throughout the book so that you can easily spot the order and function of every suffix. You can find the colour-legend at the bottom of the pages.
Besides grammar, easy Turkish Grammar teaches lots of everyday phrases and expressions so that it may also make a useful handbook for daily Turkish.
The exercises
As practice makes perfect, the utmost care has been devoted to writing the exercises. At the end of the units you can find an extensive set of exercises.
The appendices
The appendices include
11
supplementary lessons, which you are referred to while you are studying the units.
The key
The key includes the answers to all the exercises.
Online audio
(both for print and Kindle versions) for the answers is also available.
The index
The index is unique in that the entries include only titles in English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. For example, if you want to know how to say
must
or express
obligation
in Turkish, all you need to do is refer to these titles. Here you will find information not only about how to say
in Turkish but also how Turkish suffix for
is also used to mean
should
. Or if you want to add -
ness
to an adjective or -
ship
to a noun, you will be referred to the relevant page where you will find that Turkish only has the suffix -
lik
for both.
The bibliography