Materials for this Study Guide

• Öztopçu, Elementary Turkish (ET)

• Unit 4, Sections 1-11

• Gedik et al., Türkçe Ders Kitabı Workbook (TK Workbook)

• Unit 4

• LangMedia Turkish Collection:

• Places – Cities in Western Turkey: “Bursa” (English)
• Grammar Videos

• How do Turkish sounds and letters behave?: “Consonant alternation”
• Noun Cases & ile: “The Genitive Case”
• Personal Pronouns: “Personal Pronouns in the Genitive Case”
• Possessives and Compounds: “Possessive suffixes”

• Vocabulary Building Exercises: “Cities, Countries, and Nationalities”

Assignments for Independent Study

Where Are You From? Cities, Countries, Nationalities

1. Watch the video Places: Cities in Western Turkey: “Bursa” (English).
2. Listen to the dialogue in ET Unit 4, Section 1: Conversation: Nerelisiniz? Then read it ALOUD to yourself at least twice.
3. Read through ET Unit 4, Section 2: Countries and Nationalities. Be sure to read the word for each new country and nationality ALOUD to yourself at least twice.
4. Complete Vocabulary Building Exercise: “Cities, Countries, and Nationalities.”
5. Dünya Haritası (World Map): Look at a map of the world, and try to name every country (and corresponding nationality) aloud in Turkish as you point to it. Make lists of the countries you have visited and would like to visit. What nationalities are your friends? What about your favorite authors or musicians?
6. Read through Unit 4, Section 3: Word Focus: The derivative suffix +lI. Be sure to read all the Turkish examples ALOUD at least twice.

• Are you getting the hang of it? Now try adding the derivative suffix +lI to the name of your hometown! Done that? Try it with the hometowns of your friends or relatives.

7. Complete the first exercise in ET Unit 4, Section 3 (beginning, “Answer the questions below”).
8. Perform the Substitution Drills and Class Activity: Guided dialogues in ET Unit 4, Section 3. Remember to perform all dialogues aloud.
9. Read the Dialogue: Hangi şehirdensiniz ALOUD to yourself at least twice. Memorize any new vocabulary or structures. Complete the exercise that immediately follows the dialogue.

• FOR TUTORIAL: Write a descriptive paragraph about the countries you have visited. The paragraph should be at least 10 sentences long.

“Are these yours?”: Identifying Belongings

1. Listen to the dialogue in ET Unit 4, Section 5: Conversation: Bu anahtarlar senin mi? Then read both the dialogue and the supplementary vocabulary ALOUD at least twice.
2. Memorize any new words or structures from the dialogue and supplementary vocabulary.
3. Work through the Substitution drills in Unit 4, Section 5. Remember to perform each one aloud.

Consonant Alternations

1. Read through ET Unit 4, Section 6: Consonant Alternations: -p, -ç, -t, -k in final position. Be sure to read all the examples aloud, both before and after consonant alternation occurs (e.g., “kitap” and “kitabın”).
2. Watch the Turkish Grammar Video:

• How do Turkish sounds and letters behave?: “Consonant alternation”

3. Commit the rules of consonant alternation to memory.

Yours, Ours, Theirs: The Genitive Case

1. Read through ET Unit 4, Section 7: Grammar Point: The genitive case. Be sure to read each example ALOUD at least twice.
2. Watch the Turkish Grammar Videos:

• Noun Cases & ile: “The Genitive Case”
• Personal Pronouns: “Personal Pronouns in the Genitive Case”

3. Memorize the genitive case endings.

• How would you say each of the following in Turkish? “of the school”; “of the friends”; “of goodness”

4. Memorize the genitive case forms of the personal and demonstrative pronouns (e.g., “my,” “your,” “of these,” etc.).

• Challenge! Can you say “This beautiful little book is mine” in Turkish? What about “That brown umbrella is theirs”?

5. Complete Exercises A and B in Unit 4, Section 7.
6. Read through the short dialogue Bu araba senin mi? at the end of Unit 4, Section 7. Be sure to perform it ALOUD at least twice.
7. Memorize all new vocabulary and structures in the dialogue: Bu araba senin mi?. Can you recite it from memory now?

• Remember to jot down any questions you’d like to ask at your tutorial!

“Whose is this?”: Using the Interrogative Pronoun ‘kimin’

1. Read through Unit 4, Section 8: Word Focus: The interrogative pronoun kimin, reading all Turkish examples ALOUD at least twice.
2. Complete the Substitution Drill in Unit 4, Section 8.

• FOR TUTORIAL: Write out answers to the 10 questions in the exercise at the end of Unit 4, Section 8.

Mastering Possessive Suffixes

1. Work through Unit 4, Section 9 Grammar Point: Possessive suffixes, reading all examples ALOUD to yourself at least twice.
2. Watch the Turkish Grammar Video:

• Possessives and Compounds: “Possessive suffixes”

3. Memorize the possessive suffixes.

• It is a good idea to practice using each possessive suffix in the context of a complete phrase, as well as in isolation (e.g. “(benim) odam”).
• Plan on devoting some extra time to practicing these possessive suffixes. You will find that they are very useful!

4. Study the characteristics of possessive suffixes listed in Unit 4, Section 9. You needn’t memorize the list verbatim, but you will find it useful to familiarize yourself with each point.
5. Complete the Exercise and Substitution Drills at the end of Unit 4, Section 9, reading your answers aloud.
6. Read the short dialogue Bu senin kalemin mi? in Unit 4, Section 10.
7. Complete Exercises A and B in Unit 4, Section 10, and perform the Substitution Drill.

• FOR TUTORIAL: Write out eight questions, as assigned in Unit 4, Section 10: Writing.

Reading

1. Read TK Workbook Unit 4B “EV ARKADAŞLARIM” thoroughly.

• FOR TUTORIAL: Complete TK Workbook Unit 4B Section 2 according to the text. Complete Section 3 marking the sentences D (doğru) or Y (Yanlış).

Homework for Tutorial

• FOR TUTORIAL: Write a descriptive paragraph about the countries you have visited. The paragraph should be at least 10 sentences long.
• FOR TUTORIAL: Write out answers to the 10 questions in the exercise at the end of Unit 4, Section 8.
• FOR TUTORIAL: Write out eight questions, as assigned in Unit 4, Section 10: Writing.
• FOR TUTORIAL: Complete TK Workbook Unit 4B Section 2 according to the text. Complete Section 3 marking the sentences D (doğru) or Y (Yanlış).