•Vowel Harmony
Vowel Harmony Part 1
It is essential to learn which vowels go into which group. To make this easier think of them as the 'e dotted group' (which contains 'e' and the 3 vowels with dots), and the 'a undotted group' (which contains the 'a' and the 3 undotted groups).
Many suffixes are also split into two, for example '-den/-dan' (from), '-de/-da' (in/on/at), and '-(y)e/-(y)a' (to). Vowel harmony ensures that the correct suffix is used depending on what the last vowel in the word is.
If the last letter is a 'front' vowel, then '-den', '-de', and '-(y)e' would be used.
If the last letter is a 'back' vowel, then '-dan', '-da', and '-(y)a' would be used