Turkish/Pronunciation and Alphabet/S-Z

Pronunciation and Alphabet/Vowel Classifications and Harmony Pronunciation and Alphabet/İ-R Pronunciation and Alphabet Now that you've learnt everything up to and including r, let's learn the rest of the alphabet: S /s/Voiceless alveolar sibilant.ogg Click for soundVoiceless alveolar sibilant.ogg 50px Or se. Pronounced like the s in see. For example: soğan - onion salam - salami (a Turkish delicacy) sel - flood, bruh Ş /ʃ/Voiceless_palato-alveolar_sibilant.ogg Click for soundVoiceless_palato-alveolar_sibilant.ogg 50px Or şe. Pronounced like the sh in shout. For example: şey - thing şarap - wine şişe - bottle T /t/Voiceless_alveolar_plosive.ogg Click for soundVoiceless_alveolar_plosive.ogg 50px Or te. Pronounce like the t in tea. For example: tabak - plate tavsiye - recommendation televizyon - television U /u/Close back rounded vowel.ogg Click for soundClose back rounded vowel.ogg 50px Pronounced like the ou in the French word boum. For example: uçak - plane ucuz - cheap ufak - small Ü /y/Close front rounded vowel.ogg Click for soundClose front rounded vowel.ogg 50px Pronounced just like the German ü, or the u in the French expression, "j'ai perdu". For example: It is pronounced the same as the "u" in pure. ürün - product üç - three üzüm - grape V /ʋ/Labiodental_approximant.ogg Click for soundLabiodental_approximant.ogg 50px Pronounced like the v in vase. For example: Vikikitap - Wikibooks (Ws are transliterated as Vs in Turkish, therefore Wiki would be transliterated as Viki, and the word kitap means book) vazo - vase Venedik - Venice Y /j/Palatal approximant.ogg Click for soundPalatal approximant.ogg 50px Where's the w and x? Turkish also doesn't have these letters. Y is pronounced like the y in in you. For example: yarın - tomorrow yarım - half yukarı - above Z /z/Voiced alveolar sibilant.ogg Click for soundVoiced alveolar sibilant.ogg 50px The final letter of the Turkish alphabet. Pronounced like the z in zoo. For example: zeytin - olive zil - bell zehir - poison So, you've managed to learn the alphabet! Well done! Before you move on to the real lessons, though, please take a look at a useful grammatical note by clicking "next" below. Pronunciation and Alphabet/Vowel Classifications and Harmony Pronunciation and Alphabet/İ-R bottom