# From nouns and adjectives -li (turns noun into adjective) Commonly translated as: -y, -ed, with ___, containing ___, person of güneş (Sun) -> güneşli (sunny) kızıl saç (red hair) -> kızıl saçlı (red headed / with red hair) ingiliz (England) -> ingilizli (Englishman) bulut (cloud) -> bulutlu (cloudy) sosis (sausage) -> sosisli (with sausage) -lik (creates abstract noun, often follows -li adjective) Commonly translated as: -ness, -ity, -dom mutlu (happy) -> mutluluk (happiness) güzel (pretty/beautiful) -> güzellik (beauty) özgür (free) -> özgürlük (freedom) -lik (Also creates "tool" names, items having to do with noun) göz (eye) -> gözlük (glasses) sabun (soap) -> sabunluk (soap dispenser/dish) kulak (ear) -> kulaklık (earphones / headset) kalem (pen) -> kalemlik (pencil holder/case) -siz (the opposite of -li) Commonly translated as: -less, without ___ bulut (cloud) -> bulutsuz (cloudless) kablo (wire) -> kablosuz (wireless) sosis (sausage) -> sosissuz (without sausage) -ce (Language, usually added onto country's adjective form) Türk (Turkish) -> Türkçe (Turkish language) Rus (Russian) -> Rusça (Russian language) Çin (China/Chinese) -> Çince (Chinese language) -ce (Creates adverbs from adjectives) yavaş (slow) -> yavaşça (slowly) hızlı (fast) -> hızlıca (quickly) gizli (secret) -> gizlice (secretly) -ci (Nouns of occupation) # From verbs taksi (taxi) -> taksici (taxi driver) süt (milk) -> sütçü (milkman) balık (fish) -> balıkçı (fisherman) yol (road/way) -> yolcu (traveler) -gi (Creates nouns from verbs) sevmek (to love) -> sevgi (love) çalmak (to play [music]) -> çalgı (musical instrument) askmak (to hang up) -> askı (hanger) -gin (nouns and adjectives of description and result) Often translated as the past participle yormak (to tire) -> yorgun (tired) sıkmak (to bore) -> sıkkın (bored) kızmak (to get angry) -> kızgın (angry) üzmek (to sadden) -> üzgün (sad/saddened) -(y)ici (Creates the doer of the verb) Often translated as: -er satmak (to sell) -> satıcı (seller) taramak (to browser/scan) -> tarayıcı (browser/scanner) koşmak (to run) -> koşucu (runner) -lamak (Turns a noun or adjective into a verb) Sometimes translated as: -ify cevap (answer/reply) -> cevaplamak (to answer/reply) temiz (clean) -> temizlemek (to clean) doğru (correct/accurate) -> doğrulamak (to correct, to certify) -laşmak (Reciprocal form of -lamak) Often translated as: to become ___ soğuk (cold) -> soğuklaşmak (to become cold) dar (narrow) -> darlaşmak (to become narrow) -ik (Creates nouns and adjectives of result) kesmek (to cut) -> kesik (cut) açmak (to open) -> açık (open) bozmak (to spoil/ruin) -> bozuk (spoiled/ruined) delmek (to bore/drill) -> delik (hole) -i (Added to single syllable verb stems ending in consonant to create nouns) kapmak (to close) -> kapı (door) koşmak (to run) -> koşu (race) kokmak (to smell) -> koku (smell) dolmak (to fill) -> dolu (full) ölmek (to die) -> ölü (corpse) saymak (to count) -> sayı (count/number) -im (Nouns of single occasions/happenings) seçmek (to choose) -> seçim (choice/election) ölmek (to die) -> ölüm (death) ölçmek (to measure) -> ölçüm (measurement) yapmak (to do) -> yapım (production) saymak (to count) -> sayım (counting/tally/inventory)