Sunday, September 20, 2009

Turkish lessons

Ğ -yumuşak ge [soft g]

Never appears as the first letter in a word;essentially silent, sometimes lengthens preceding vowel;sometimes pronounced like "y" in "yet" .
sample words including Ğ ( ğ )
dağ =mountain,pronounced "daa",rhymes with the "baa" of "baa baa black sheep" diğer =other,pronounced as "diyer"
some others:
yağmur : rain
çağ : era
değerli : valuable

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