Category Archives: Life

Turkish 101 - Back to Basics - Turkey Survival

Since i started this blog it passed more than a year already. And i hope you have developed your Turkish more than you want to. You have learned many things esp about grammar and tenses.
For those who are following my blog i suggest you to go back and study from time to time. To make […]

How to say the time in Turkish

Hei Folks,
Ready for another lesson? Today we gonna talk about time. How to ask the time? and how to learn the time?
saat : watch:hour
Let’s see!!
Saatiniz var mı ? Do you have a watch?
Saat kaç? What is the time?
Saat bir : it is 1 o’clock
Saat oniki : it is 12 o clock.
Saat oniki yirmiüç : it […]

How to say i want to do something in Turkish

The daily life speeches have a great size of “i want” and “i don’t want” . Today we gonna have a quick look <h1>how to say i want to do something in Turkish</h1>.
I want to do something : Birşey yapmak istiyorum.
Something : Birşey / to do : yapmak  / I want : istiyorum. (I am […]

Days of Week in Turkish

Days of week in Turkish are
Monday - Pazartesi
Tuesday - Salı
Wednesday - Çarşamba
Thursday -Perşembe
Friday - Cuma
Saturday - Cumartesi
Sunday - Pazar
Yeah it sounds complicated i know . Small hint the words come from
cumartesi= cuma+ertesi
pazartesi = pazar+ ertesi
ertesi : mean something like the day after- the next day. So if you can remember cuma and pazar […]

There is | There is NOT |I have | I don’t have

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 […]

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. - […]

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