Ok todays lesson is a little different than the other grammar stuff. This one is easy but hard to understand for some people at first.
-VAR (There is | have)
-YOK (There is not | have not)
Lets try to say i have a car .
Car: araba
araba(m) var -I have a car :[You use […]
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There is | There is NOT |I have | I don’t have
Where is the nearest Post Office? in Turkish
Where is the nearest Post Office? It is a common sentence in nearly every language I used to hate this chapter when i was learning foreign language.Anyway. I will make it really easy like right and left and asking the question.
Where is the nearest Post Office? En yakın Postane nerede?
Sağda - on […]
How old are you? in Turkish
Kaç yaşındasın? - How old are you?
Ben 29 yaşındayım. - I am 29 years old.
Kaç =how many
yaş = age
yaşın = your age
yaşın+da = at your age
Do you speak Turkish?
Türkçe konuşuyor musun?
- No I don’t speak Turkish = Hayır Türkçe konuşmuyorum.
- Yes I speak Turkish = Evet Türkçe konuşuyorum.
İngilizce konuşuyor musunuz?
- Hayır Konuşmuyorum.
- Evet biraz konuşuyorum. - Yes i speak a little
biraz = bir + az
bir = one
az = less , little
Where are you FROM? in Turkish
Ok now we learned to salut people and ask how are they? and now we may start to talk about where we are from. Let’s start with asking where people are from.
- Nere+den+sin - Nere+den+siniz
Can you tell me the difference?
The difference in these two sentences 1st one is for 2nd singular (you-sen) and […]
Meeting new people
It is common to shake hands with people whom you first met and introduced in Turkey. You shake your hand and say your first name when introduced.
M-Alper, Bu Esra, Esra bu da Alper - Alper, this is Esra . and Esra, this is Alper.
A- Tanıştığımıza Memnun oldum. - Pleased to meet you
E- Ben de. - […]
Greetings in Turkish
It is common to greet people when they are meet. and ask about how they are.
Merhaba : Hello // Usage of this word is limited. Most of the people use selam.
Selam : Hi
Naber? (Long form is ne haber) : something similar to “What’s up”
Nasılsın? : How are you?
İyiyim : I am fine
Kötüyüm : I am […]
Turkish Numbers
Learning numbers in Turkish is one of the easiest thing. Because we don’t have exceptions like eleven,twelve. It is really logical for a math person.
0 - Sıfır
1 - Bir
2 - İki
3 - Üç
4 - Dört
5 - Beş
6 - Altı
7 - Yedi
8 - Sekiz
9 - Dokuz
10 - On
20 - Yirmi
30 - Otuz
40 - Kırk
50 - Elli
60 […]