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Exercise
As you haven't actually learned any Turkmen, yet, there isn't really much that can be done to practice what you've just learned and reinforce your knowledge, except for the stuff below:
Alphabet
Do the following:
Recite the Latin Turkmen alphabet off by heart.
State the 27th letter of the alphabet.
State the 13th letter of the alphabet.
State the 8th letter of the alphabet.
(Optional) Recite the Cyrillic Turkmen alphabet off by heart.
(Optional) State the 24th letter of the alphabet.
(Optional) State the 16th letter of the alphabet.
(Optional) State the 5th letter of the alphabet.
Write out the Latin and, if applicable, the Cyrillic Turkmen alphabets on a piece of paper.
Check your answers here
Vowel harmony
Make the following nouns plural:
ynsan (human/person)
erkek (man)
heleý (woman)
oglan (boy)
gyz (girl)
haýwan (animal)
it (dog)
guş (bird)
balyk (fish)
pişik (cat)
ýylan (snake)
gurbaga (frog)
möý (spider)
aýy (bear [animal])
towuk (chicken)
garynja (ant)
bag (tree)
gül (flower)
Check your answers here.
Solutions
Alphabet
Latin alphabet: Aa, Bb, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ää, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Žž, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ňň, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Ww, Yy, Ýý, Zz
1. Ww
2. Kk
3. Gg
Cyrillic alphabet: Аа, Бб, Вв, Гг, Дд, Ее, Ёё, Жж, Җҗ, Зз, Ии, Йй, Кк, Лл, Мм, Нн, Ңң, Оо, Өө, Пп, Рр, Сс, Тт, Уу, Үү, Фф, Хх, Цц, Чч, Шш, Щщ, Ъъ, Ыы, Ьь, Ээ, Әә, Юю, Яя
1. Уу
2. Нн
3. Дд
Vowel harmony
ynsan → ynsanlar
erkek → erkekler
heleý → heleýler
oglan → oglanlar
gyz → gyzlar
haýwan → haýwanlar
it → itler
guş → guşlar
balyk → balyklar
pişik → pişikler
ýylan → ýylanlar
gurbaga → gurbagalar
möý → möyler
aýy → aýylar
towuk → towuklar
garynja → garynjalar
bag → baglar
gül → güller
Before you decide to put this book down and have a cuppa...
In addition to everything you've learned this lesson, it is also imperative that you learn the vocab in the "Vowel harmony" section of this test, as it WILL come up later on in another exercise, so write all the words down and learn them. You have been warned...
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