...instead, of looking about him for a single word to which that meaning is already assigned. Hence his belief that his language is arbitrary and dependent...words dursiz ' ye are,' kelghaningiz ' ye have done,' and will not hesitate to use the same pronouns in other applications, as siz-ga birdim ' I gave to...

...element of his words retains its separate vitality and meaning. When a Frenchman says 'vous êtes,' he has ordinarily no notion that in the termination...the pronoun ' vous ' in another form. But an Eastern Tiirk is perfectly aware of the meaning of the termination in the words dursiz 'ye are,' kelghaningiz...