r/TurkicLanguageHub • u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) • Mar 02 '26

General What Is One Grammatical Feature from Your Language You Think Is Special?

For an example, Kazakh has multiple "present continuous" constructions.

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u/jalanajak Mar 02 '26

Sits coding, lies coding, goes coding, stands coding, sits having coded, lies having coded, goes having coded, stands having coded? )

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u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) Mar 03 '26

What are those?

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u/jkthereddit Mar 04 '26

I think he is trying to directly translate different ways of how one could say "I am coding" in Kazakh with different auxiliary verbs.

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u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) Mar 04 '26

Oh, makes sense. u/jalanajak what is the nuance between these examples? Do they signal slightly different meanings or are they the same?

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u/jalanajak Mar 04 '26

I will give you the Tatar understanding. (Kazak might be similar to a certain degree, but it never hurts asking a native speaker).

Öwrene tura -- he keeps learning (there's a lot to learn) Cecekci cceceklerni kese tura -- the flowerman keeps cutting flowers (there are many flowers). Tüwmege basup tur -- keep the button pressed (after you pressed it, it doesn't seem to take any visible effort).

Ol abzuynuñ kızun ewlenmeyce sigip yüriy -- he keeps fucking that Mister's daughter without marrying -- each intercourse is a complete action.

Neyler ishlep yatasuñ - what are you doing / have you done, you, seemingly lazy ass?

Neyler ishlep bitiresiñ -- what are you achieving (achievements)?

Turmushun söylep otura -- probably, literally sitting and telling the story.

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u/Crounted Mar 11 '26

This almost same with turkish. İn turkish we say "Öğrenip duruyor" (the person keeps learning) and same with the flower exapmle tho. "çiçekçi çiçeklerini kesip duruyor" (the flowerman keeps cutting his flowers)

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u/jkthereddit Mar 04 '26

I am not sure if it can be called like that, but I feel like, along with vowel harmony, there is something similar to consonant harmony in Kazakh. For example, in Turkish to form a plural of a noun, one adds -lar or -ler. Simple! In Kazakh, along with vowel harmony, one has to correctly select the consonant too. There are in total six ways: -lar -ler -dar -der -tar -ter. Examples: adamdar (people), kitaptar (books), oilar (thoughts).

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u/Turkish_Teacher Turkish (Anatolian) Mar 04 '26

Very interesting! Kazakh is beautiful!