The Particle 'de / da' — Turkish Grammar

and are one small word meaning "too, also, as well". It is written on its own, and it adds the word immediately in front of it to whatever is being talked about.

Ben de tanıştığıma memnun oldum.
I am pleased to meet you too.
O da uyuyor.
He is sleeping too.
Onlar da beni seviyor.
They love me too.

Which of the Two

There are only two shapes. follows a word whose last vowel is e, i, ö or ü; follows one whose last vowel is a, ı, o or u. Nothing else touches it: it never turns into te or ta, whatever consonant the word in front of it ends with.

Ayşe de gelsin mi?
Should Ayşe come too?
Bir de karnım ağrıyor.
And on top of that my stomach aches.

The Space Changes the Meaning

An ending that looks identical, -de, attaches to a noun and means "in, at, on". The space is the whole difference. That ending hardens to -te after a voiceless consonant, which is a second way to tell the two apart.

Evde çalışıyorum.
I work at home.
Ev de güzel.
The house is nice too.

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Turkish course

20 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 5. A few of them, with the words “The Particle 'de / da'” is about in bold:

O da uyuyor. O uyumuyor.
He is also sleeping. She isn't.
Lesson 16
Onları seviyorum, onlar da beni seviyor.
I love them and they love me.
Lesson 32
Senin için de bir düzine yumurta ve bir çikolata aldım.
I bought a dozen eggs and a candy bar for you too.
Lesson 47

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