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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 you definetly know the upcoming 2 days as well.

Posted 08 June 2008 § Days of the week § Life ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

Here is another video about Turkish Alphabet

Here is the first video from our new author Ozan.

Posted 21 April 2008 § Alphabet ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged:

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 the possesion suffix to tell that it is your car.] {Benim arabam var.}

araba(m) yok- I don’t have a car

araba(n) yok - You don’t have a car.

araba yok - There is no car.

araba(s)(ı) yok - He/she doesnt have a car. I correct this one after i see Laura’s post the suffix is not (sı) but only ı .Y,S,Ş,N is used when the words are finished with the letter a,e,i,o,u,ü,ö,ı (ANOTHER LESSON TO LEARN LATER)

you can form lots of sentences like this.

Challange:

try to say : i have 2 apples in my pocket

Posted 17 April 2008 § Turkish Grammar § there is /there is not ‡ Comments (16) ° Tagged: ,

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 the right

solda - on the left

dümdüz - straight on

ileri - forward

geri - backward

Posted 11 February 2008 § Life § where is ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged:

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

Posted 05 February 2008 § Life § howoldareyou ‡ Comments (11) ° Tagged:

Turkish Grammar - How to form sentences in Turkish Language

I have a friend from Germany and he is trying to learn Turkish like you are. And sometimes when he tries to speak He spoke like Tarzan. Why? Because he has no idea about the line of words. So here is how you form sentences in Turkish language.

Subject + Complements+VERB.

Hint : VERB is always at the end.

also there is a relation with the verb and the subject

This order is the most used, and make sense form. Lets see some examples.

Stefan işe gidiyor. //Stefan is going to work

Ben Türkçe öğretiyor+um. // I am teaching Turkish.
Sen Türkçe öğreniyor+sun // You are learning Turkish.
Stefan camı kırdı. //Stefan broke the glass.

Do you see the THE SUBJECT VERB RELATION?

Posted 28 January 2008 § Turkish Grammar § WordOrder ‡ Comments (9) ° Tagged:

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

Posted 13 January 2008 § Life § doyouspeakturkish ‡ Comments (9) ° Tagged:

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 the other one is for 2nd plural person (you-siz).

Nere +den +sin
WHere+are you+from

You can respond it like

İngiltere+den+im . = I am from England.
Fransa+dan+ım = I am from France.
İstanbul+dan+ım = I am from Istanbul.

As you can see -den may change acording to wovel harmony as well.

Try to say where are you from, in the comments of this thread. So we or people who knows this thread can correct you. Don’t be shy.

Posted 03 January 2008 § Life § Whereareyoufrom ‡ Comments (37) ° Tagged:

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. - Me too.

A-Ben Alper - I am Alper.
E-Ben de Esra. Memnun oldum. - I am Esra, Pleased to meet you
A-Ben de memnun oldum. Nasılsınız?- I am plesed to meet you too. How are you (plural)?
E- İyiyim ya siz?
A- Bende iyiyim. Teşekkürler.

Posted 02 January 2008 § Life § Meeting ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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 bad.

Lets practice some conversational Turkish

M- Selam Alper.
A- Selam Mehmet naber?
M- İyi ya senden? //Fine What about you?
A- İyi Teşekkür ederim. //Fine thanks

M-Selam Alper.
A-Selam
M-Nasılsın?
A- İyi. sen nasılsın?
M- Ben de iyiyim. // I am fine too.

Posted 02 January 2008 § Greetings § Life ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:
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