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Just about anyone can learn a few dozen "simple words" and "phrases"... but worth it's trouble and sure to make your trip to Turkey go more smoothly. You'll be surprised how useful they'll be to every day life.
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Study a lesson a day, and only in a couple of days you'll know more Turkish words and short phrases than you ever did.
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Turkish Short Lesson 1: Greetings !
Hello - good morning - good-bye - what's your name - how are you |
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1 | Hello, Hi | Merhaba | MEHR-hah-bah | 2 | Good morning, good day | Gunaydin | gew-nahy-DUHN | 3 | Good evening | Iyi aksamlar | EE ahk-shahm-LAHR | 4 | Good night | Iyi geceler | EE geh-jeh-LEHR | 5 | Goodbye | Allaha ismarladik | ah-LAHS-mahr-lah-duhk | 6 | Bon voyage | Gule güle | gew-LEH gew-LEH | 7 | What is your name? | Adiniz ne? | AH-duh-NUHZ neh | 8 | My name is… | Adim… | Ah-DUHM… | 9 | How are you? | Nasilsiniz? | NAHS-suhl-suh-nuhz | 10 | I'm fine, thank you. | Iyiyim, tesekkur ederim. | ee-YEE-yihm, tesh-ek-KEWR eh-dehr-eem |
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Turkish Short Lesson 2: Pardon Me...
Pardon - yes - please - thanks - friend - what - how - who... |
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11 | Pardon me | Affedersiniz, pardon | af-feh-DEHR-see-neez, pahr-DOHN | 12 | Yes / No | Evet / hayir | eh-VEHT / HAH-yuhr | 13 | Please | Lutfen | LEWT-fehn | 14 | Help yourself | Buyurun(uz) | BOOY-roon-(ooz) | 15 | Thanks | Tesekkurler. Sag ol. Mersi | teh-sheh-kewr-LEHR. SOWL. mehr-SEE | 16 | You're welcome | Bir sey degil | beer SHEHY deh-YEEL | 17 | Friend | Arkadas | Ar-kah-DAHSH | 18 | What? | Ne? | NEH | 19 | How? | Nasil? | NAH-suhl | 20 | Who? | Kim? | KEEM |
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Turkish Short Lesson 3: Why, When, Which?
What's this - how much - how many - I want this - that - the other... |
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21 | Why? | Nicin, neden? | NEE-cheen, NEH-dehn | 22 | When? | Ne zaman? | NEH zah-mahn | 23 | Which one? | Hangisi? | HAHN-gee-see | 24 | What's this? | Bu ne? | BOO neh | 25 | How much / many? | Kac / kac tane? | KAHCH / tah-neh | 26 | What does it mean? | Ne demek? | NEH deh-mehk | 27 | Give me ... | ... bana verin | bah-NAH veh-reen | 28 | I want ... | ... istiyorum | eess-tee-YOH-room | 29 | ...this | ...bu(nu) | ...boo(NOO) | 30 | ...that | ...su(nu) | ...shoo(NOO) | 31 | ...the other | ...o(nu) | ...oh(NOO) |
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Turkish Short Lesson 4: New-Old, Hot-Cold
And / or - big / small - open / closed - good / bad - beautiful / ugly... |
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32 | ho t /cold | sicak / soguk | suh-JAHK / soh-OOK | 33 | big / small | buyuk / kucuk | bew-YEWK / kew-CHEWK | 34 | new / old | yeni / eski | yeh-NEE / ehss-KEE | 35 | open / closed | açik / kapali | ah-CHUHK / kah-pah-LUH | 36 | not ... | ... degil | deh-YEEL | 37 | It exists / doesn't exist | Var / yok | VAHR / YOHK | 38 | And / or | Ve / veya | VEH / veh-YAH | 39 | Good / bad | Iy i /fenah | EE-ee / feh-NAH | 40 | Beautiful / ugly | Guze l /cirkin | gew-ZEHL / cheer-KEEN |
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