"Ayı şekeri yer."

Translation: The bear eats the sugar.

[alansberlin]

General Comment:

I am an English speaker, and I cannot here the spoken difference between ler and lar. Yer sounds to me like yar. Is it my ear, or is something else? Do native Turkish speakers hear a difference?

[JugderGurr1]

That's because the way of pronouncing E after L is somewhat "relaxed"...not lEr but l'aar. Very soft actually. You can hear it in Teşekkürler, iyi günler etc. Hope that would help

[IdeanBehfo]

Lehr (somewhat like 'lair') and lahr. I'm a native English speaker too, just try until you get it! They sound quite distinct to my ear.

[sawashian]

My native language is Turkish, i cannot understand it too. This pronunciation is awful.

[abh23]

Why can it not be 'the bear eats sugar'?

[JamesTWils]

The -i ending is definite, so only for "the."

[SharvaniAtnurkar]

Because the word says şekeri and not şeker

[AlexKon777]

Is the i at the end of şekeri being skipped because I can't hear it?

[esramsvs]

I'm Turkish. But it says so wrong, I have to listen in turtle mode. Please, correct it!

[bikena]

Why is it "A" bear?

[AlexinNotTurkey]

There is no way to tell between specific and general subjects in Turkish :)

[SharvaniAtnurkar]

There is, if the words end with i, like şekeri then add the

[Ilkei]

"The bear" is also acceptable.

[cosmopolita61]

The i is said like an ı in şekeri, which is confusing

[Mischa820971]

What is "null" sugar?

[playatore16]

Ayı şekeri yer