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Simply put: a lot of grammar is based on appending to words. E.g. the Turkish word for book is Kitab (shared by a bunch of other middle eastern languages too).
by sansnomme 7y ago
Simply put: a lot of grammar is based on appending to words. E.g. the Turkish word for book is Kitab (shared by a bunch of other middle eastern languages too). My Book is Kitabim. Your book is Kitabsin. (Note last example is vastly simplified, a proper Turkish speaker should correct it)
It allows for a lot of really short sentences; here's a nonsensical example:
His book is on fire - kitabı yanıyor.
The word endings is sufficient to provide context and meaning.
If you find Turkish to be too difficult to learn, try Malay. It's also agglutinative and used by ~300 million people (Malay and Indonesian are for all practical purposes the same language).
- stevenpetryk 7y agoThese are actually mostly wrong - Book = kitap, not kitab - My book = kitabım, not kitabim - Your book = kitabın, not kitabsin
- sansnomme 7y agoThe i is due to using English keyboard, it's a bit tricky to type the proper i without autocompletion.