How to Pronounce Turkish Vowels

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I've watched many english lessons from different teachers and I think you teach very well. I enjoyed your class so much.

[@ZONKAMANIA]

LOVE THIS VIDEO, you have taken the mystery out of pronunciation of vowels in Turkish for me! I have been learning some Turkish to help my Turkish speaking students on Cambly!

[@mariammohamed9958]

You made them sound much more easier Thank you

[@j.dunbar5004]

I like the idea of 5 vowels and 5 vowel sounds.

[@leiwang364]

Another question with "r" at the end of a word, does it pronounce as "r" or with some "sh" sound at the end of it? for example, the word “bir" or "nadir" I heard something "sh" sound at the end.. please let me know if anyone knows about it. Thanks a lot.

[@melna21]

There is no “sh” sound at the end of it. You think you hear “sh” sound because “r” is pronounced soft at the end of the word.

[@llfysn9264]

Soft r is like a combination of r and sh

[@abarusso]

Hey just to bring some clarification. When pronouncing a regular "R" you can feel your vocal cords vibrating (voiced R). When the "R" is at the end of a word, I noticed it's often realised as a voiceless consonant, meaning that you pronounce it without using your voice (the air goes through without making your vocal cords vibrate).

[@cherrycheryl.9516]

Same question came in my mind

[@mehmetoguzturan]

Usually, foreigners say that Turks pronounce the "r" at the end of words with a sound like "sh", but the Turks are not aware of this. We hear them all as the same 'r', so when pronouncing 'r' no matter where it's, it is always just 'r'.

[@ishaniafrin2]

It's really helpful for the beginners. Keep uploading such videos. Tessekur ederim.

[@00billharris]

Yes I'm in love with her even though she prounounces her English V as W. More importantly, her grasp of phonetics is amazing both in knowledge and instruction. A wonderful teacher, indeed!

[@irinacan3492]

I've been searching for a lesson like this! I need to do some phonetic drills to work on my accent. Articulation is shown so clear in this video! Now I have much better understanding of tukish vowel pronunciation. Ms Seda is so nice and skilled teacher. Thank you very much! I'm waiting for another video about turkish consonants.

[@autotunekenti4644]

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[@boscoojomdinga7894]

I have got great help with the training in the Turkish vowels and pronouncing

[@mariam5357]

Finallyyyy I have found this video I am so happy vowels were so difficult to me

[@shuntty09]

Harika ders, çok iyi açıklanmış çok teşekkür ederim 🌻💚

[@ajdarlciguli7461]

Hello. I'm from Turkey . I started learning English I think you want to learn Turkish too. We can help each other. If you want, I will teach you Turkish and you can teach me English by speaking.

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

A=toung is at back, chin is wide open, lips shape straight. I =(close chin as you are pronouncing A) tongue is at back, lips shape is straight, chin is nearly closed, O=tongue is at back, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing a) U=(close your chin as you are pronouncing o), tongue is at back, chin is nearly closed, lips are rounded. E=tongue is at front. Chin is open, lips are straight. İ=(close your lips as you are pronouncing e) tongue is at front, lips are straight, chin is nearly closed. Ö=tongue is at front, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing e) Ü=(close chin as you are pronouncing Ö) tongue is at front , lips are rounded, chin is nearly closed

[@autotunekenti4644]

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[@Anushka275]

wow! she did such a wonderful job in explaining

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

A=toung is at back, chin is wide open, lips shape straight. I =(close chin as you are pronouncing A) tongue is at back, lips shape is straight, chin is nearly closed, O=tongue is at back, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing a) U=(close your chin as you are pronouncing o), tongue is at back, chin is nearly closed, lips are rounded. E=tongue is at front. Chin is open, lips are straight. İ=(close your lips as you are pronouncing e) tongue is at front, lips are straight, chin is nearly closed. Ö=tongue is at front, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing e) Ü=(close chin as you are pronouncing Ö) tongue is at front , lips are rounded, chin is nearly closed

[@autotunekenti4644]

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You touched the fine points. Congratulations.

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Cok tesekkur ederim Miss Seda

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[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

A=toung is at back, chin is wide open, lips shape straight. I =(close chin as you are pronouncing A) tongue is at back, lips shape is straight, chin is nearly closed, O=tongue is at back, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing a) U=(close your chin as you are pronouncing o), tongue is at back, chin is nearly closed, lips are rounded. E=tongue is at front. Chin is open, lips are straight. İ=(close your lips as you are pronouncing e) tongue is at front, lips are straight, chin is nearly closed. Ö=tongue is at front, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing e) Ü=(close chin as you are pronouncing Ö) tongue is at front , lips are rounded, chin is nearly closed

[@CarinaPrimaBallerina]

Thank you. That was a good lecture!

[@iana2smith]

Excellent helpful video. Teşekkürler

[@dristibiswas2866]

These vowels have put my cheek in pain.😭

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

To pronounce "A,a" letter, chin must be open, tongue must be at back, lips must be unrounded To pronounce "E,e" letter, chin must be open, tongue must be at front, lips must be unrounded To pronounce "I,ı" letter, chin must be closed, tongue must be at back, lips must be unrounded To pronounce "İ,i" letter, chin must be closed, tongue must be at front, lips must be unrounded To pronounce "O,o" letter, chin must be open, tongue must be at back, lips must be rounded To pronounce "Ö,ö" letter, chin must be open, tongue must be at front, lips must be rounded To pronounce "U,u" letter, chin must be closed, tongue must be at back, lips must be rounded To pronounce "Ü,ü" letter, chin must be closed, tongue must be at front, lips must be rounded

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

2 WAY VOWEL HARMONY (A,E) (keeping toung back or front) when you add suffix with open vowel (a , e ) , (such as plural suffix= -lar,-ler) if last letter of word is back vowel (a ı o u) then suffix with open vowel will have " a " if last letter of word is front vowel (e i ö ü ) then suffix with open vowel will have " e " example: ler / lar = plural suffix Türkler= Turks Doktorlar =Doctors 4 WAY VOWEL HARMONY (I, İ, U, Ü) (pronouncing closed version of last vowel) when you add suffix with closed vowel (ı i u ü) (such as subject suffixes) then, suffix will be closed version of last vowel, you do not have to think about which vowel to add because without changing your mouth shape (back-front and rounded-unrounded shapes) just closing your mouth a little will make sound of last vowel's closed version. for example if you close your mouth a little as you are pronouncing "a" it will sound " ı ", " o " will be " u " " ö " will be " ü " " e " will be " i " so if last vowel of the word is " a " or " ı " then suffix with closed vowel will have " ı " " e " or " i " then suffix with closed vowel will have " i " " o " or " u " then suffix with closed vowel will have " u " " ö " or " ü " then suffix with closed vowel will have " ü " example: sen=you, suffix form of sen is with closed vowels “ sın, sin, sun, sün Nasıl = how Nasılsın? = how are you? Türksün= You are Turk Doktorsun= You are doctor İyi=good İyisin= You are good VOWELS A=toung is at back, chin is wide open, lips shape straight. I =(close chin as you are pronouncing A) tongue is at back, lips shape is straight, chin is nearly closed, O=tongue is at back, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing a) U=(close your chin as you are pronouncing o), tongue is at back, chin is nearly closed, lips are rounded. E=tongue is at front. Chin is open, lips are straight. İ=(close your lips as you are pronouncing e) tongue is at front, lips are straight, chin is nearly closed. Ö=tongue is at front, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing e) Ü=(close chin as you are pronouncing Ö) tongue is at front , lips are rounded, chin is nearly closed

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[@Basudha.DaughterOfTheUniverse]

Plz explain abt turkish tenses.

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[@ajdarlciguli7461]

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[@demantvedukasi5687]

tesekkurler. 05:08 the difference of hala

[@itikatinsilahi]

some mistakes = eş = close e ekmek = close e (both) edep = close e (both)

[@mohammednajim7380]

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[@buztuz6206]

A is mostly soft when you put it behind or after L and some after K

[@Mscrimcheese]

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Yorumları türkçe yazarsan senin için daha faydalı olabilir. İyi çalışmalar :)

[@malichauhan5194]

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[@Tw1l1ghTT]

Really helpful video cuz if even if I use phonetic transcript I still cant visualize the impact of vowels on tongue and mouth position

[@leiwang364]

Thanks for the lovely lesson :) One question, for the letter 'I', what's the position of the tongue when pronouncing it? Is it touch the top gum, right behind the teeth? Please let me know. Many thanks!！

[@ErayDemirel]

Try to leave it free, so It may slightly touch behind of teeths.

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[@dainavalentino5768]

In English, a Hard A would be like in the word ‘Hallucinate..’ and a soft A would be like in the word ‘Ham’

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I am here after seeing Sen cal kapimi Yemin Ask lalaftan anlamaz😂

[@leiaorgana1949]

turkish subs are like gold.. difficult to find. Btw, thanks for the lesson! great job, teacher.

[@ajdarlciguli7461]

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[@adelfadhel7506]

Thank you so much 💞 But I have a single question about the long [A,a] ; where should I pronounce this one such as long [äː], what is the rules?

[@elifceren465]

There is not any rules, you should memorize them

[@adelfadhel7506]

@@elifceren465 Thank you so much ❤️❤️

[@b.l.f.1698]

Very useful ✌️👌❤️👏!!! The Hungarian language has some identical vowels.. Not the same.. Of course 🤣🙂👌✌️.

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[@shadetreader]

With better sound, this would be informative.

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[@fernandohadad]

Hard a : 2:28 Soft a: 3:36 Long a: 6:27 Open e : 9:01 Close e: 10:04 ı : 10:54 Regular i: 13:55 Longer i : 14:35 ... sorry, but my ADHD is demanding me to get out of here immediately, one day i will come back to complete this... apologies for any inconvenience.

[@adelfadel5882]

Your explanation is too impressive but I have a little question about the [A] letter, what I understood of your explanation that this letter has three sound, the first one is normal and short and I will represent it by international phonetic alphabet such as [ɑ] sound and the second sound is also normal but long because of that, I will represent adding a length vowel to the same sound above-mentioned such as [ɑː] and the third sound is an exception of the previous sounds, when the [A] letter comes after [K,G and L], these ones will be palatalized [soft] and we make them as [k~c], [g~ɟ] and [ɫ~l] and [A] letter will be central open unrounded vowel and length [aː]. That’s ok for now, but the question which ask itself, when we could pronounce these sound, I mean in which position and in which syllable; stressed or unstressed 💜💜

[@TheGozluklu]

Hi Adel, You are so right. I am not an expert but the rule is like that: if a word is from original/old/ archaic/Anatolian/Oghuz Turkish (not from Perisan or Arabic, maybe other languages), then you hear and must produce /k/, /g/, /ɫ/ with a, ı, o, u. These are some examples for them: kaan /ka:n/, kaburga /kʌbur'gʌ/ al /ʌɫ/, altın /ʌɫtɯn/etc And again, if if a word is from original/old/ archaic/Anatolian/Oghuz Turkish (not from Perisan or Arabic, maybe other languages), then you hear and must produce /c/, /ɟ/, /l/ with e, i, ö, ü. These are some examples for them: köpek /cøpec/, gemi /ɟemi/ , el /el/ elma /elmʌ/ etc. And if a word is from Persian or Arabic, we produce them like in their original form. These are some examples for them: Lale /la:le/ , niGar /niɟar'/ , Kamil /ca:mil/, But you should be careful about these rules because there are some loanwords from Arabic or Persian. But these words are again with /k/ but not /c/ or at least we hear it like that etc. such as Kalem /kalem/, not /calem/ I hope these examples help you. and I have a question for you :D Do you think or hear that we have /ɑ/ sound in Turkish. I think we have long schwa /ə:/ and /ʌ/ / ʌ:/ and /a/ or maybe I am wrong :D

[@ErayDemirel]

All of the words with soft or long a are borrowed from other languages. I can't remember a Turkish-origin word with these a's.

[@simonwallace6406]

Great lesson please slow down on the longer words.

[@GurbetciAdam61]

🙏

[@autotunekenti4644]

Hayır â harfi kaldırılmadı yanlış bilgilendirme

[@saralampret9694]

I and Ö sound same to me :(

[@adrianal3061]

A little bit different

[@mehmetoguzturan]

While making the "I" sound, open your mouth to both sides, when making the "Ö" sound, make your mouth round as if you are going to say "O" and gently touch your tongue behind your teeth.

[@saralampret9694]

@@mehmetoguzturan thank you! Well explained!!!!

[@cladyvevnalasa5596]

Öö Üü and I not easy to pronounce 😭

[@cherrycheryl.9516]

Vowels were a little hard to pronounce

[@_-LION_]

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[@YoqDzewa]

Here after Ertugrul lmfao

[@georgesalih5296]

This video is very misleading. The letter "a" does not have 3 different phonemes as in English, /ʌ/, /æ/ and /a:/ as described in the video. In fact, phonemes /æ/ and /a:/ donot exist in modern standard Turkish language. She must have reinvented this from the English language. The /a/ sound in Turkish is the same as in Latin and is similar to phoneme /ʌ/ in English.

[@georgesalih5296]

To elaborate circumflex on top of the letter “a” is there to indicate that: either the letter should be pronounced longer like; • The words “Hala” (aunt) and “Hâlâ” (still), the only difference is that circumflex on “a” in “hâlâ” makes it to be pronounced longer like “haala”. Similarly, in words “hakim” (wise) and “hâkim” (judge), the word “hâkim” is pronounced longer as haakim. • Or that it palatizes the consonant preceding the vowel with the circumflex. For example, the letter “k” in word “kâğıt” (paper) should be pronounced as [kj]. Similarly, the “k” in word “kâr” (profit). “Karınız” (your wife) or “kârınız” (your profit) have different meanings. If you say “can I have a share in karınız” instead of saying “can I have a share in kârınız”, you might be in trouble.

[@jaimecarrillo5880]

I think Turkish is weird, confusing, complicated and exotic and sometimes it sounds like between chinese and Arabic, that's why I want to learn it.

[@mithridatesi9981]

Arabic and Chinese ?

[@elifceren465]

Because Turkish is same Grammer with Japanese, logic is the exactly same with Japanese

[@halitkalkan653]

So Turks use their throats to communicate 😅

[@TheLcchs]

You have done too much "zulm" on your pretty face by making these sounds :)

[@ArtiomNeganov]

You try so hard to show how to pronounce sounds. Yet you don't seem to know how to _explain_ phonetics to students. You keep saying something about what you think it should feel like when you pronouncing a sound, but darling, we don't see what's in your mouth, sorry. No matter how you try, it's barely useful... Additionally, there were no comparisons in your video. For example, you didn't pronounce both hard and soft "a"-s one right after the other a single time to show us the difference. You were pronouncing it in words instead, for instance lâ / la, where the only difference I hear was hard/soft L, not A. All other word examples had the same hard/soft consonants difference, not the vowel sound. Another issue was with "open e", where your're clearly pronouncing different sounds in eş/ben, which is confusing. But thanks for the video anyway, at least it has some examples.

[@faridehkodrami7407]

Talk less and work more .

[@PimsleurTurkishLessons]

A=toung is at back, chin is wide open, lips shape straight. I =(close chin as you are pronouncing A) tongue is at back, lips shape is straight, chin is nearly closed, O=tongue is at back, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing a) U=(close your chin as you are pronouncing o), tongue is at back, chin is nearly closed, lips are rounded. E=tongue is at front. Chin is open, lips are straight. İ=(close your lips as you are pronouncing e) tongue is at front, lips are straight, chin is nearly closed. Ö=tongue is at front, chin is open, lips are rounded (round lips as you are pronouncing e) Ü=(close chin as you are pronouncing Ö) tongue is at front , lips are rounded, chin is nearly closed