DERSAADET
The Gate of Felicity

THE MOST DIFFICULT LANGUAGE ...     THE MOST LOVELY SPEAKERS ......

Turkish is spoken as a native language by over 77 million people worldwide. Its speakers are located predominantly in Turkey and Northern Cyprus with smaller groups in Iraq, Greece, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia, Kosovo, Albania and other parts of Eastern Europe. Turkish is also spoken by several million immigrants in Western Europe, particularly in Germany.

The roots of the language can be traced to Central Asia, with the first known written records dating back nearly 1,300 years. To the west, the influence of Ottoman Turkish—the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the administrative and literary language of the Ottoman Empire—spread as the Ottoman Empire expanded. In 1928, as one of Atatürk's Reforms in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the Ottoman script was replaced with a phonetic variant of the Latin alphabet. Concurrently, the newly founded Turkish Language Association initiated a drive to reform the language by removing Arabic and Persian loanwords in favor of native variants and coinages from Turkic roots.

So this history made me so interested to this language that now has become my language, the language in which I dream and I think ....

I have always in front on me the black and white pic of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey and one of my heroes  , teaching the vowels and the consonant of the modern turkish in the streets ...

ALL MY TURKISH TEACHERS

I simply thank all my turkish friends and all the turkish people I met from the east to the west of the country ..they taught me everytime a small word or a usefull expression....then I attended a Tomer course and then ,,,,I am still learning...

TOMER LANGUAGE SCHOOL -

www.tomer.ankara.edu.tr/english/html/taksim.htm

One of the best methods in Turkey ..I ve learnt my first turkish here ...but I got bored..too much grammar..

DILMER TURKISH SCHOOL -

If you want to learn turkish one of the best school around ...

SOME USEFUL WORDS and SENTENCES

 ALPHABET AND PRONUNCIATION

A - a   as in  "ugly "

B - be  as in  "bell"

C - ce  as in  "jealous"

Ç – çe  as in "chair"

D - de  as in  "decade"

E - e   as in  "elephant"

F - fe  as in  "federal"

G - ge  as in  "get"

Ğğe*

H - he  as in  "helicopter"

I - ı  as in "number"

İ - i   as in  "insect"

J - je  as in  "azure" (garaj = garage, pronounced as in French & English)

K - ke  as in "kettle"

L - le  as in  "leg"

M - me  as in "men"

N - ne  as in  "never"

O - o   as in  "orchestra"

Ö - ö   as in "urge"

P - pe  as in  "pen"

R - re  as in  "red"

S - se  as in  "sell"

Ş - şe  as in  "shelf"

T - te  as in  "telephone"

U - as in  "oops!"

Ü – ü  as in "fruit, nude"

V - ve  as in  "vegetable"

Y - ye  as in  "yes"

Z - ze  as in  "zebra"

BASICS

Excuse me!

 (to catch attention)

 Afedersiniz!

 Excuse me.

 (sorry)

 Afedersiniz.

 Madam / Mrs. / Ms.

 Bayan

 Many thanks!

 Çok teşekkürler!

 No.

 Hayır.

 Okay

 1. peki

 2. tamamam

 Pardon?

 1. Efendim?

 2. Pardon?

 Please.

 Lütfen.

 Sir / Mr.

 Bay

 Sorry!

 1. Özür dilerim.

 2. Pardon!

 Thank you.

 Teşekkür ederim.

 Thanks a lot!

 Çok teşekkürler!

 Thanks very much.

 Çok teşekkürler.

 Thanks!

 Teşekkürler!

 No thanks!

 Hayır, teşekkür ederim!

 Note: "Teşekkürler!" in response to an offer usually means "No thanks!" If you  

 want to indicate a positive response to an offer, say "Evet, lütfen!" or "Evet,  

 teşekkür ederim."

 Yes

 Evet.

 Yes, please!

 Evet, lütfen !

GREETINGS

How are you doing?

 Neler yapıyorsunuz?

As usual.

 Her zamanki gibi.

Bad.

 Kötüyüm.

Bon appétit.

 Afiyet olsun.

 Bye bye!

 Allaha ısmarladık!

  [Said by the person leaving]

  Güle güle!

  [Said by the person staying]                 

Good bye!

 Hoşçakal!

 See you later.

 Görüşürüz.

Congratulations!

 Tebrikler.

Excuse me.

 Afedersiniz.

Fine, thank you.

 Teşekkür ederim, iyiyim.

Fine, and you? (formal)

 Teşekkür ederim, siz nasılsınız?

Fine, and you? (informal)

 İyiyim, sen nasılsın?

Good afternoon.

 İyi günler.

Good evening! (after 6 pm)

 İyi akşamlar!

Good health to you.

 Sağlık dileklerimle.

Good morning!

 Günaydın!

Good night!

 İyi geceler!

Great!

 Harika!

Happy birthday!

 Doğum günün kutlu olsun!

Hello!

 Merhaba!

Hi!

 Merhaba!

How about your children ? 

(informal)

 Çocuklardan ne haber?

How are you doing?

 Ne yapıyorsunuz?

How are you doing?

 1. Ne haber?

 2. Ne yapıyorsun?

How are you?  (formal)

 Nasılsınız?

How are you? (informal)

 Nasılsın?

How are your children ? (formal)

 Çocuklarınız nasıllar?

How do you do?  (formal)

 Nasılsınız?

I beg your pardon?

 Efendim?

I hope to meet you again.

 Umarım tekrar görüşürüz.

I'm pleased to meet you.

 Memnun oldum.

I'm pleased to meet you, too.

 Ben de memnun oldum.

If God wills.

 İnşallah.

It's a pleasure.

 Zevkle.

Nice to see you.

 Seni gördüğüme sevindim.

Nice to see you, too.

 Ben de.

Not at all. / You're welcome.

 Bir şey değil.

Not bad.

 Fena değil.

Not so bad.

 Kötü sayılmaz.

Not so well.

 Çok iyi değil.

Pardon me.

 Pardon!

Please!

 Lütfen!

Pleased to meet you.

 Tanıştığımıza sevindim.

See you soon.

 Görüşürüz.

See you tomorrow.

 Yarın görüşmek üzere.

See you!

 Görüşmek üzere!

So long.

 Görüşürüz.

So so.

 Şöyle böyle.

Thank You.

 1. Tesekkür ederim.

 2. Sağol.

Thanks.

 Teşekkürler.

Welcome.

 Hoş geldiniz. 

 [Said by the person inviting]

 Hoş bulduk.  

 [Reply of the person arriving]        

What's new?

 Yeni birşey var mı?

With my pleasures.

 Memnuniyetle.

 You are so kind.

 Çok naziksiniz.

 

ACCOMODATION

 a single room with bath

 banyolu tek kişilik oda

 a twin-bedded room

 çift kişilik yataklı oda

 accommodation

 kalacak yer

 breakfast

 kahvaltı

 cheap

 ucuz

 cheaper

 daha ucuz

 full board

 tam pansiyon

 full up

 dolu

 half board

 yarım pansiyon

 hotel

 otel

 How much?

 Ne kadar?

 next to each other

 yan yana

 opposite to each other

 karşılıklı

 book (v.)

 yer ayırtmak

 confirm (v.)

 1. doğrulamak

 2.  onaylamak

 sign (v.)

 imzalamak

 stay (v.)

 kalmak

 vacancy

 boş

ONLINETURKISH-

http://www.onlineturkish.com/index.asp

 

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