O o — o
«o» is a vowel of Turkish, the “Turkish alphabet” script, read as “o as in “more”, without the r”. A pure o; in an unstressed spot it never decays into “uh”. For example, in the word “on” — ten. The Turkish alphabet has 29 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “hoşça kal” — goodbye.
In short
| Character | O o |
| Name | o |
| Sound | o as in “more”, without the r |
| What it is | a vowel |
In our course the character comes 18th of 29, its neighbours in the course are n and ö, appears in roughly every fifth word on this site.
How it sounds
A pure o; in an unstressed spot it never decays into “uh”
The character in a word
A lone character is hard to remember: memory holds on to meaning, and a letter has none. The word it stands in provides that anchor.
- onten
The character in the “eight vowels instead of five” group
The whole grammar rests on them: an ending bends to the last vowel of the stem (vowel harmony). Back vowels — a, ı, o, u; front vowels — e, i, ö, ü.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound (for «o» it is “o as in “more”, without the r”, as in the word “on”), see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 29 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Turkish character o read?
As “o as in “more”, without the r” — it is a vowel of the “Turkish alphabet” script. A pure o; in an unstressed spot it never decays into “uh”. For example, in the word “on” — ten.
What is the letter o called?
O. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Turkish script: it is called “o” and reads as “o as in “more”, without the r”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.