(Hint: Treat the written forms of ‘a’ and ‘o’ as back vowels and ‘e’ and ‘i’ as front vowels.)1. adam ‘man’ adamlar ‘men’ 2. top ‘gun’ toplar ‘guns’ 3. ders ‘lesson’ dersler ‘lessons’ 4. yer ‘place’ yerler ‘places’ 5. yol ‘road’ yollar ‘roads’ 6. kilit ‘lock’ kilitler ‘locks’ 7. ok ‘arrow’ ______‘arrows’ 8. el ‘hand’ ______‘hands’ 9. zil ‘bell’ ______‘bells’ 10. elma ‘apple’ ______ ‘apples’
Turkish Plural Noun Formation Rule
Turkish uses vowel harmony to determine the plural suffix. The hint specifies treating 'a' and 'o' as back vowels and 'e' and 'i' as front vowels.
- Nouns ending in a back vowel (like 'a', 'o') take the plural suffix $-lar$.
- Nouns ending in a front vowel (like 'e', 'i') take the plural suffix $-ler$.
Applying the Rule to Nouns
Let's apply this rule to the words in rows 7-10:
- ok (row 7): The vowel is 'o' (back vowel). The correct plural suffix is $-lar$. Plural form: oklar.
- el (row 8): The vowel is 'e' (front vowel). The correct plural suffix is $-ler$. Plural form: eller.
- zil (row 9): The vowel is 'i' (front vowel). The correct plural suffix is $-ler$. Plural form: ziller.
- elma (row 10): The last vowel is 'a' (back vowel). The correct plural suffix is $-lar$. Plural form: elmalar.
Identifying the Correct Option
Combining these forms, the correct list is oklar, eller, ziller, elmalar. This matches Option 1.
Important Questions from Analytical Reasoning Understanding Relationships in Statements
- Choose the option that correctly matches the names of scholars (P – S) in column X with the fields or approaches (i – iv) in column Y they are primarily associated with.
X Y P. MAK Halliday i. American Structuralism Q. Leonard Bloomfield ii. Cognitivism R. BF Skinner iii. Functionalism S. Jean Piaget iv. Behaviourism Consider the statement: “This is a dragon”. How could this, mentioned in the statement, be instantiated as a description of Aristotle's notion of substance?
- Which historical event is mentioned in John Osborne's Look Back in Anger?
- “The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom."
These lines were written by ________. Which one of the following options correctly matches the texts with their authors?
a. The Lay of the Last Minstrel i. Samuel Taylor Coleridge b. “The Eolian Harp" ii. Thomas De Quincey c. “Ode to Psyche” iii. John Keats d. “The Pains of Opium” iv. Sir Walter Scott
