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Well there are also a lot of exceptions in Turkish. Like "e". "Mert" and "Meyhane" have different "e"s. For many words, you just have to know how to pronounce t
by egeozcan 8y ago
Well there are also a lot of exceptions in Turkish. Like "e". "Mert" and "Meyhane" have different "e"s. For many words, you just have to know how to pronounce them.
- tehlike 8y agoThe difference between open e and close e(for lack of a better word) is not as important, however.
- delidumrul 8y agoActually, this is not an exception in Turkish. It is because of that "meyhane" is a foreign word (adapted from Persian). In any case, no one will expect smo to pronounce these 'e's distinguishably.
- patates 8y agoFirst of all, nobody will understand if you pronounce it "meːɐ̯t" (as in "mehr" in German + "t"). Mert is actually also a foreign word. Well, most (I'd guess 90%) of the words starting with "me" are of Arabic or Persian origin. But the difference is there in Turkish words as well. Geri, gerzek (which is interestingly a shortcut for "geri zeka") and gevrek. There are many "e"s in Turkish, difference among which is very sparsely documented. Don't even get me started on the "ğ" (which is normally supposed to just make the previous vocal letter longer but took on many other roles).
- tehlike 8y agoWe should probably say "okundugu gibi yazilan" instead of "yazildigi gibi okunan" :) That'll do.
- gokhan 8y agoFor many words, you just have to know how to pronounce them. Tell that to people of Samsun :)
- tehlike 8y agoAll accents are beautiful :)