Abstract

This study explores the differences and similarities between Turkish and English in the areas of morphology and lexical meaning The discussion leads to different major conclusions Personal endings -im I -sin you singular -dir he she it -iz we -siniz you plural -ler they which stand for Be and NP subject in Turkish are attached to nouns and adjectives as the following examples Ben retmenim ben retmen m - im attached to noun I teacher personal suffix stands for Be -im I am ateacher BenHastay m ben h st j m - m attached to adjective I sick y buffer sound between two vowels personal suffix stands for Be -im I am sick Ben I in both examples could be omitted without changing the meaning because of the personal endings as follows retmenim retmen m teacher personal suffix -im stands for Be and the subject I am a teacher The personal endings stated above are attached to the word de il de l not to make the present tense Be negative as the following example Ben hasta de ilim ben h st de l m I sick negative morpheme de il personal suffix stands for Be -im I am not sick Such conclusions are helpful in language teaching materials syllabuses and test construction