People and nominal sentences
A pronoun stands for a person: , I; , familiar you; , he, she or it; , we; , polite or plural you; , they. The subject is the person the sentence talks about. Turkish has no grammatical gender: no masculine or feminine forms. An adjective describes a noun. Plural means more than one person or thing. The same sentence suits Lukas and Lena.
For I, you and we, a personal ending replaces English am, are: . A singular third-person noun predicate can have no ending. A singular noun refers to one person or thing. After a vowel, a linking appears in first-person forms.
Vowel harmony follows the last vowel. For two-way endings, take and take . For four-way endings, take ; take ; take ; take . Thus and . Say to an adult you do not know well, to Elif and Tekir.
| Form | Example | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| I am a neighbour. | ||
| I am a neighbour. | ||
| You are a neighbour, familiar. | ||
| You are a neighbour, familiar. | ||
| He is a neighbour. | ||
| He is a neighbour. | ||
| We are neighbours. | ||
| We are neighbours. | ||
| You are a neighbour, polite. | ||
| You are a neighbour, polite. | ||
| They are neighbours. | ||
| They are neighbours. | ||
| I am new. | ||
| I am new. | ||
| You are new, polite. | ||
| You are new, polite. | ||
Ben komşuyum.I am a neighbour.
Sen komşusun.You are a neighbour, familiar.
O komşu.He is a neighbour.
Biz komşuyuz.We are neighbours.
Siz komşusunuz.You are a neighbour, polite.
Onlar komşular.They are neighbours.
Ben yeniyim.I am new.
Siz yenisiniz.You are new, polite.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the useful pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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I am a neighbour.
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You are a neighbour, familiar.
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He is a neighbour.
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We are neighbours.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the form
Use the English meaning and the pattern in this unit.
Ben .
I am a neighbour.
Sen .
You are a neighbour, familiar.
O .
He is a neighbour.
Biz .
We are neighbours.
Siz .
You are a neighbour, polite.
Onlar .
They are neighbours.
Ben .
I am new.
Siz .
You are new, polite.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete the messages
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
O .
He is a neighbour.
Biz .
We are neighbours.
Siz .
You are a neighbour, polite.
Onlar .
They are neighbours.
Ben .
I am new.
Siz .
You are new, polite.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
I am a neighbour here.
You are a neighbour, familiar here.
He is a neighbour here.
We are neighbours here.
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
I am a neighbour.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
I am a neighbour.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
You are a neighbour, familiar.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
You are a neighbour, familiar.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
He is a neighbour.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
He is a neighbour.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
We are neighbours.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
We are neighbours.
You say:
Use the meaning and Turkish pattern explained in this unit.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
