"Sandwiches and apples"
Translation:Sandviçler ve elmalar
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Is there any distinguishable difference in the pronunciations of "ler" and "lar"?
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The recordings here aren't great yet and native speakers will sometimes have more relaxed pronunciation, just like in English. That said, -ler should be pronounced like "lair" and -lar to rhyme with "car." (Although the r's are more of a flap than the English rhotic r, you'll still be understood if you don't make that distinction.)
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Not that I know of. Just when I thought I understood Turkish! I wish someone would help us!
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Merhaba QueenEmma12, The question in English is plural. When translating to Turkish you add the suffixes (-ler/-lar) Sandviçler ve elmalar. Teşekkürler.
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How come these two don't follow the plural rule? Since the last vowel of "sandviç," "i," follows "a," shouldn't it be "sandviçlar" instead of "sandviçler?" My question is also the same for "elmalar," though I think because the last vowel comes after "a," it should be "elmaler."
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I think I see your confusion. The only vowel you need to worry about is the very last vowel in the word. So the "a" in "sandvic" doesn't matter, only the final vowel in the word, which is "i". So the ending is ler. In elma, the e doesn't matter, only the final vowel, which is a, so you use lar.
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Ok, thanks for the explanation. I asked a Turkish friend about it too, and he sent me this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwzq3Xgqb6Y
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Of the last vowel is a,ı,o,u we use -lar. If the last vowel is e,i,ö,ü we use -ler.
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It doesn't matter what consonant the word ends in, it goes on the last vowel, which in that case is u, so kuşlar
