Fun facts about Turkish

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You can drop most of the things when it's clear from the context. Example:

I was pacticing Spanish and this sentence came up:
Nosotras somos hermanas. = Biz kız kardeşleriz (The form accepted by Duolingo)

First thing, we don't have to mention (kız = girl) so
"Biz kardeşleriz" is OK.

Second, we don't have to use the plural suffix (-ler) so
"Biz kardeşiz" is OK.

Third, we don't have to use the personal pronoun (biz = nosotras) so
"Kardeşiz" is OK.

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Turkish has a negative voice suffix, most notably -(m)A-, used to negate a verb directly at the morphological level. For example:

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gelmek (“to come”) → gelmemek (“to not come”)

This productive, derivational negation is common in Turkic languages but relatively rare cross-linguistically.

Only Turkic languages (like Turkish) have a clear, productive, derivational negative voice suffix. Other languages express negation, but not through a suffix that operates like a “voice” operator.

Tense suffixes can be used for any suffix but present tense suffix becomes -z intead of -r (with some irregularities) for negative voice:

gel-ir-im = I come
gel-me-m (< gel-me-z-im) = I don't come

gel-ir-sin = you come
gel-me-z-sin = you don't come

gel-ir = he/she/it comes
gel-me-z = he/she/it doesn't come

gel-ir-iz = we come
gel-me-yiz (< gel-me-z-iz) = we don't come

gel-ir-siniz = you come
gel-me-z-siniz = you don't come

gel-ir-ler = they come
gel-me-z-ler = they don't come

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You can make long words by adding one suffix another to the extreme in Turkish. The following can be found in many places as an example:
Muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine (See for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_Turkish)

Now, to check the other end of the spectrum, I thought about this challenge. What would be the longest sentence where no word longer than 1/2/3 letter is used?

As 1 letter words you can only use vowels. And there is only 8 in Turkish and 3 of them can be meaningfull:
"a" – an exclamation in Turkish, expressing surprise, realization, or attention (like "ah!" or "oh!").
"e" – used colloquially to mean "so" or "then" (like “well then”).
"o" - means he/she/it/that

So I asked ChatGPT about this one: "A, e o o." At first ChatGPT said:
The string "a, e o o." is not a meaningful sentence in Turkish.

Then I explained the above and then it said:
Reanalyzing your example with that in mind:
"a, e o o."

Let’s break it down with the colloquial and expressive usages you mentioned:

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"a" – an exclamation in Turkish, expressing surprise, realization, or attention (like "ah!" or "oh!").

"e" – used colloquially to mean "so" or "then" (like “well then”).

"o o" – could be an expressive phrase meaning “that’s it!” or a reaction like “that’s the one!”, especially when spoken with emphasis.

Interpretation:

Putting it all together, this can be interpreted as a casual, expressive sentence in Turkish, like:

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“Ah, so that’s it.”
“Oh! Well then — that’s the one.”

It wouldn’t be formal or standard, but it could work in dialogue or expressive text, especially in speech or informal writing.

So, to revise my earlier answer:
Yes, "a, e o o." can be a meaningful sentence in Turkish, if interpreted as colloquial speech full of nuance and emotion.

Nice catch!

With 2-letter words you have some words and verbs (in root forms). So here is an example:
Ta o an az su iç ve de ki "ya şu an bu su az da o su da az mı ki ne?"
Drink a little water right at that moment and say, "Well at the moment this water is little but is that water little too, or what?"