Turkish Buffer Letters

Pronunciation smoothies...

a) to separate suffixes
b) to separate consecutive vowels
c) for general language harmonics

And sometimes, all these reasons 'collide' in the same buffer letter !!
Note: Buffer letters are only necessary if
the preceding character in the word is a Turkish vowel:
a, e, ı, i, o, ö, u, ü.

Buffer letter	Used in what situation?	Turkish Example	Translation
-s-	For indirect 'possession' -- involving pronouns.	karasevdası	his/her/its hopeless love
-s-	With compound nouns.	bira fabrikası	beer factory
-n-	For direct possession -- pronouns not involved.	Ayşe'nin, arabanın...	Ayşe's (i.e., something belonging to Ayşe), of the car...
-n-	With a word that already has an indirect-possession ending.	Arabasını kullanın.	Drive his/her car. (A command...)
-n-	With the pronouns bu, şu, o, biri.	Onu yemeyeceğim.	I won't eat that.
-n-	With a --ki ending.	Seninkini yaptım.	I did yours.
-y-	all other situations	Rakıyı içtik.	We drank the rakı.

Based on ideas found in 'Turkish Grammer' and 'Teach Yourself Turkish' by G.L. Lewis
and 'Teach Yourself Turkish' by Asuman and David Pollard...