Accented words in English and Turkish

1. 2015
ACCENTED WORDS
IN
ENGLISH
AND
TURKISH
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2. HOW SOME COMMON WORDS IN ENGLISH and TURKISH ARE
ACCENTED
This article is specially written for those whose native language is
Turkish because Turkish students learning English cannot accent
English words correctly. There are primarily, secondarily and weakly
accented syllables in English words. Among these syllables, the
primarily stressed accents are far more important than the other two.
In this article the primarily accented syllables are written red.
Two-Syllable English nouns and adjectives:
bayby (bebek) (noun)
uncle (amca) (noun)
sunny (güneşli) (adjective)
rainy (yağmurlu) (adjective)
married (evli) (adjective)
nonsense (anlamsız) (adjective)
basic (temel) (adjective)
program (program) (noun)
boxes (kutular) (noun)
Two-Syllable verbs and prepositions:
behind (arkasında) (preposition)
between (arasında) (preposition)
under (altında, altına) (preposition and adverb)
remind (hatırlat) (verb)
postpone (ertele) (verb)
prevent (engelle) (verb)
order (emir ver) (verb)
manage (yönet) (verb)
agree (anlaş) (verb)
The unaccented prefixes are “un, in, ir, im, il, dis, de, re, ex and mis”.
All of these prefixes mean “not”, but “mis” means “wrong”.
un:
unnecessary (gereksiz) (adj) = adjective)
unimportant (önemsiz) (adj)
unhappy (mutsuz) (adj)

3. uncomfortable (rahatsız) (adj)
unkind (nezaketsiz) (adj)
unalterable (değiştirilemez) (adj)
unsound (sağlam olmayan) (adj)
unacceptable (kabul edilemez) (adj)
unable (aciz) (adj)
unbalanced (dengesiz) (adj)
unfair (haksız, yanlı) (adj)
unprepared (hazırlıksız) (adj)
unfortunate (talihsiz) (adj)
unreasonabl e (anlamsız) (adj)
ir:
irresponsible (sorumsuz) (adj)
irresponsibility (sorumsuzluk) (noun)
irregular (düzensiz) (adj)
irrational (mantıksız) (adj)
irreparable (onarılmaz) (adj)
irresistible (karşı konulamaz) (adj)
il:
illegal (yasa dışı) (adj)
illogical (mantıksız) (adj)
illiterate (okuma yazma bilmeyen) (adj)
in:
inactive (hareketsiz) (adj)
incomplete (eksik) (adj)
incredible (güvenilmez) (adj)
invisible (görünmez) (adj)
indivisible (bölünmez) (adj)
inefficient (ehliyetsiz) (adj)
im:
impossible (olanaksız) (adj)

4. impolite (terbiyesiz) (adj)
mis:
misunderstand (yanlış anla) (verb)
misunderstanding (yanlış anlamak) (noun)
misspel (yanlış yaz) (verb)
misspelling (yanlış yazmak) (noun)
dis:
disrespectful (saygısız) (adj)
dissatisfied (tatmin olmamış) (adj)
discover (keşfet) (verb)(
disappear (gözden kaybol) (verb)
Accents coming just before the suffixes:
Durable (dayanıklı) (adj)
primary (birincil) (adj)
musician (müzisyen) (noun)
scenery (manzara) (noun)
machinery (mekanizma) (noun)
comedian (komedyen) (noun)
civilian (sivil) (noun)
technician (teknisyen) (noun)
visible (görünür) (adj)
terrible (korkunç) (adj)
magical (büyülü) (adj)
logical (mantıksal) (adj)
critical (kritik) (adj)
biology (biyoloji) (noun)
Reflexive pronouns:
myself (kendim) (pronoun)
yourself (kendin) (pronoun)
himself, herself (kendisi) (pronoun)
ourselves (kendimiz) (pronoun)

5. yourselves (kendiniz) (pronoun)
themselves (kendileri) (pronoun)
Accented syllables coming before the suffixes:
ial:
memorial (bildiri, anıt) (noun)
financial (mali) (adj)
artificial (yapay, suni) (adj)
essen(t)ial (esas) (adj)
ual:
visual (görsel) (adj)
intellectual (entelektüel) (adj)
individual (birey, bireysel) (adj)
ian:
vegetarian (vejeteryan) (noun)
pedestrian (yaya) (noun)
politician (politikacı) (noun)
sion:
explosion (patlama) (noun)
conclusion (sonuç) (noun)
invasion (istila) (noun)
permission (izin) (noun)
tion:
connection (bağlantı) (noun)
definition (tanım) (noun)
production (üretim) (noun)
introduction (giriş) (noun)
condution (koşul, şart) (noun)
intervention (müdahale) (noun)
logy:
biology (biyoloji) (noun)
psychology (psikoloji) (noun)

6. sociology (sosyoloji) (noun)
etymology (kökbilim) (noun)
Inflectional suffixes:
Nearly all the inflexional suffixes are not accented in English. For ins-
tance:
going, sleeping, playing, raining, memoriseing, cleaning, falling
walked, swallowed, cleaned, finished, copied, postponed, rejected
friendly, carefully, instantly, bravely, usually, certainly, cleverly,
carefully, instantly, bravely , hopelessly, eagerly, funny, handy
happiness, sorrowful, wonderful, hopeless, stainless, childless, larger
smaller, shortest, quickest, warmest , coldest, funnyest, sweetest
Note: If you want to find all the accented syllables of the English
words, you can find them in the Merriam Webster Dictionary on the
internet.
If you want to find all the accented syllables of the Turkish accented
words, you can find them in my free book titled “English Turkish
Grammar Functional and Transformational” on the internet.