Conjunctions: ve (and), ama (but), çünkü (because), veya/ya da (or)
Can connect sentences using basic conjunctions
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Türkçe zor ama güzel bir dil.
Schwer, aber schön.
Erken kalktım çünkü işe gideceğim.
Weil ich arbeiten gehe.
Çay ya da kahve ister misiniz?
Tee oder Kaffee?
Achte auf die hervorgehobenen Teile. Was haben sie gemeinsam?
| Turkish | English | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ve | and | çay ve simit - tea and a simit |
| ama / fakat / ancak | but | Güzel ama pahalı. - It's nice but expensive. |
| çünkü | because | Erken yattım, çünkü yorgundum. - I went to bed early because I was tired. |
| veya / ya da | or | Çay mı kahve mi? / çay veya kahve - tea or coffee |
| de / da | too, also | Ben de! - Me too! |
| yani | so, I mean | Yani, ne düşünüyorsun? - So, what do you think? |
In a question offering a choice, Turkish usually repeats the question particle instead of using a word for "or": Çay mı, kahve mi? - Tea or coffee? Bugün mü, yarın mı? - Today or tomorrow? Veya and ya da are for statements: Pazartesi ya da salı gelirim. - I'll come on Monday or Tuesday.
De / da (by vowel harmony) means "too, also" and comes right after the word it adds to. It is written separately, which distinguishes it from the locative suffix: Ben de geliyorum (I'm coming too) vs evde (at home). With a negative it means "either": Ben de bilmiyorum. - I don't know either.
Between two nouns, especially people, Turkish often uses ile / -la, -le instead of ve: annemle babam - my mum and dad. Between clauses, Turkish often joins verbs with a suffix rather than ve; you will meet these later. Ve at the start of a sentence is more formal than English "And".
The common English-speaker error is writing de attached (*Bende geliyorum), which is also a very common slip among native writers. Keep it separate.
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ÜbungsaufgabenTürkçe zor ama güzel bir dil.
Schwer, aber schön.
ama: aber. Einfache Konjunktion.
Erken kalktım çünkü işe gideceğim.
Weil ich arbeiten gehe.
çünkü: weil. Leitet den Begründungssatz ein.
Çay ya da kahve ister misiniz?
Tee oder Kaffee?
ya da: oder (alternative Form von veya).
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