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- "Güzelim ama iyi değilim."
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It basically makes the preceding vowel longer. Hear this: "ağaç" meaning "tree" It sounds like "aaç" http://tr.forvo.com/word/a%C4%9Fa%C3%A7/#tr and "yağmur" meaning "rain" It sounds like "yaamur" http://tr.forvo.com/word/ya%C4%9Fmur/#tr
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usually the ğ sounds like a very light "y" between light vowels (e, i, ü, ö). So here you could pronounce the "değ" a bit like the English "day". Between dark vowels you don't hear the ğ at all, like in ağaç. You simply say a'aç.
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Can anyone tell what the word 'değilim' means? It's mentioned that it is "I am not". But where is "I"? It should be "Ben' somewhere hidden
"Değil" means "not", "güzel" means "beautiful". Değilim is I'm not. It is composed like this: Değil + personal suffix. Değil+im = Not + I am(literal translation). Değil + sin = You're not. Güzel+im= I'm beautiful. Güzeliz= We are beautiful. Güzeller= they are beautiful. Değiller= they are not. These can be applied to everywhere in Turkish. Zengin: rich. Zenginim, zenginsin, zengin, zenginiz, zenginsiniz, zenginler.
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Thank you so much! That's most helpful! And the other suffixies of the negative are (he/she/it is not) = değil or değildir???; (we are not) = değiliz???; (you are not) = değilsiniz?? Am I right?