Turkish For Beginners

**dostpost** · 12-02-2006

there are good links for whom wants to learn basic Turkish:

http://www.manastro.co.uk/members/turkey/turkish.htm
http://ingilish.com/beginner-turkish.htm
http://static.unilang.org/resources/...turkish_en.pdf (nice book)

Lets start from the nice book:

Introduction
Turkish is the national language of Turkey, and is also spoken by minority groups in Bulgaria, Greece, Cyprus,
and other countries. It is the most important member of the Turkic group of languages which form a branch of
the Altaic family. There are about 70 million speakers.
Turkish was originally written in the Arabic script which, though poorly suited to the language, had been in use
since the conversion of the Turks to Islam. In 1928 President Ataturk decreed the introduction of a slightly
modified version of the Roman alphabet, consisting of twenty-one consonants and eight vowels. In Turkish, the
letters q, w, and x are absent, while the letter c is pronounced like the English j (e.g., cep-pocket), j like the
French j (jale-dew), ç is pronounced ch (çiçek-flower).
The English words "caviar", "yogurt", and "shish kebab" are of Turkish origin. The word "tulip" comes from a
Turkish word for turban, because its flower was thought to resemble a turban. The word "meander" comes from
the ancient name of the Menderes River of western Turkey, which was noted for its winding course.
Turkish is spoken/used in the following countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus (Republic of), Greece, Macedonia, and
Turkey.
Language Family
Family: Altaic
Subgroup: Turkic
Branch: Southwestern (Oghuz)
(from www.worldlanguage.com)

**Grace Seeker** · 12-13-2006

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

In Malay language, we used "E" for the "I"(without dot). So in Malay spelling it'll be "Asle"

But then what do you do with the "e" in words like evet? And what about words that come as two different words depending on if you were spellig it with an "ı" or an "e"?

**north_malaysian** · 12-13-2006

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

But then what do you do with the "e" in words like evet? And what about words that come as two different words depending on if you were spellig it with an "ı" or an "e"?

that's a problem for non native Malay speakers as we used both as "E"...

For example, "kebenaran" ("truth"), in turkish the sound could be spelt as "kIbInaran"

or "membebel" ("babbling"), it would be like "mImbebel"

**Grace Seeker** · 12-13-2006

Ben çok şaşırtdim. Türkçe ögrenmek kâfi. Malayca dahi istemeyorum.

**north_malaysian** · 12-13-2006

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

Ben çok şaşırtdim. Türkçe ögrenmek kâfi. Malayca dahi istemeyorum.

what's dat?

**dostpost** · 12-14-2006

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

what's dat?

"Ben çok şaşırtdim. Türkçe ögrenmek kâfi. Malayca dahi istemeyorum."

it means;
"I am really amazed. Learning Turkish is enough. I dont want to learn Malay language too. "

yes there are different characters like:
i without dot,
c , s with dot
u, o with two dots.

these are resembling some characters in german. for example:

c with dot: tsch in german. tschuss

s with dot: sch in german. (der?) schule
o with dot: oe .
u with dot: ue.

for turkish music downloading mp3 is not legal, but i understand you that you cant find original albums everywhere. so you can try a P2P software like "limewire".

i have found some funny emotions of turkish people. we generally use them . you can find this words at below:

>Before beginning something INSALLAH
>
>Just at beginning BISMILLAH
>
>When surprised ALLAH ALLAH
>
>When gave up EYVALLAH
>
>To go to the end YA ALLAH
>
>Promise VALLAH BILLAH
>
>Self confidence EVEL ALLAH
>
>Fully motivated ALIMALLAH
>
>Bored FESUPHANALLAH
>
>More bored HASBINALLAH
>
>Give up ILLALLAH
>
>Great inspiration and motivation ALLAH, ALLAH, ALLAH
>
>Succeeded MASALLAH
>
>At failure HAY ALLAH

i am working hard these days , so if i can not reply this topic, please dont be angry with me.

ffended:

**Grace Seeker** · 12-14-2006

Originally Posted by mustklc

"Ben çok şaşırtdim. Türkçe ögrenmek kâfi. Malayca dahi istemeyorum."

it means;
"I am really amazed. Learning Turkish is enough. I dont want to learn Malay language too. "

Woo-Hoo!! I did that without my Turkish-English dictionary in hand. I was afraid I had probably totally messed it up.

However, it looks like I did get one word wrong: şaşırtdim.

I had wanted to say "I'm confused" more than "I'm amazed". So, how would one say, "I very confused."?

Because, as you can see, I'm still confused, at least a little bit.

**north_malaysian** · 12-15-2006

Originally Posted by mustklc

"Ben çok şaşırtdim. Türkçe ögrenmek kâfi. Malayca dahi istemeyorum."

it means;
"I am really amazed. Learning Turkish is enough. I dont want to learn Malay language too. "

yes there are different characters like:
i without dot,
c , s with dot
u, o with two dots.

these are resembling some characters in german. for example:

c with dot: tsch in german. tschuss

s with dot: sch in german. (der?) schule
o with dot: oe .
u with dot: ue.

for turkish music downloading mp3 is not legal, but i understand you that you cant find original albums everywhere. so you can try a P2P software like "limewire".

i have found some funny emotions of turkish people. we generally use them . you can find this words at below:

>Before beginning something INSALLAH
>
>Just at beginning BISMILLAH
>
>When surprised ALLAH ALLAH
>
>When gave up EYVALLAH
>
>To go to the end YA ALLAH
>
>Promise VALLAH BILLAH
>
>Self confidence EVEL ALLAH
>
>Fully motivated ALIMALLAH
>
>Bored FESUPHANALLAH
>
>More bored HASBINALLAH
>
>Give up ILLALLAH
>
>Great inspiration and motivation ALLAH, ALLAH, ALLAH
>
>Succeeded MASALLAH
>
>At failure HAY ALLAH

i am working hard these days , so if i can not reply this topic, please dont be angry with me.

ffended:

What is - "ALLAH iSMARLADlK"

**dostpost** · 12-15-2006

" Allaha ismarladik " has a meaning like "good bye, see you again"

**Grace Seeker** · 01-08-2007

I know that "Nasilsin?" means "How are you?", but how does one say, "How have you been?"?

In English there is a distinction between the two as the second is asking how you are over an extended period of time, not just at the moment. Is there a way to make such a distinction in Turkish?

**north_malaysian** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by mustklc

" Allaha ismarladik " has a meaning like "good bye, see you again"

But it contains the word "Allah", thus literally what does it mean?

**abdil han** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

I know that "Nasilsin?" means "How are you?", but how does one say, "How have you been?"?

In English there is a distinction between the two as the second is asking how you are over an extended period of time, not just at the moment. Is there a way to make such a distinction in Turkish?

actually there is not such a distinction in turkish,,''nasılsın'' covers that time too...that easy

**abdil han** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by north_malaysian

But it contains the word "Allah", thus literally what does it mean?

bro,its hard to translate it completely,but Allaha ısmanrladık means,''i left ur health,safety(n such things) to Allah'' or something like this...

vesselam

**Grace Seeker** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by abdil han

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker
I know that "Nasilsin?" means "How are you?", but how does one say, "How have you been?"?

In English there is a distinction between the two as the second is asking how you are over an extended period of time, not just at the moment. Is there a way to make such a distinction in Turkish?

actually there is not such a distinction in turkish,,''nasılsın'' covers that time too...that easy

aaarrgghhh!! -- that's English for "Rats!"

I thought that was the case. So, help me through this sticky wicket.

If talking to someone, and you want to ask about more than just how they are feeling at the moment, but you want to find out how the last couple of weeks have been for that person since you last talked to them, how does one ask that question?

I know another way to ask the question is Ne haber? (or even Naber?) but I find that usually gets the same response as Nasilsin? In American slang one could ask "What's up with you?", "How life?", or even "How's trix?". Are there any equivalents in Turkish? (Because I know that surely this must be something that people all over the world run into when trying to learn about how friends lives are proceeding.)

**dostpost** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

aaarrgghhh!! -- that's English for "Rats!"

I thought that was the case. So, help me through this sticky wicket.

If talking to someone, and you want to ask about more than just how they are feeling at the moment, but you want to find out how the last couple of weeks have been for that person since you last talked to them, how does one ask that question?

I know another way to ask the question is Ne haber? (or even Naber?) but I find that usually gets the same response as Nasilsin? In American slang one could ask "What's up with you?", "How life?", or even "How's trix?". Are there any equivalents in Turkish? (Because I know that surely this must be something that people all over the world run into when trying to learn about how friends lives are proceeding.)

"Naber" is informal like "whatsup" in english.
"nasilsin" is more formal and "nasilsiniz" is the most formal
. (is "most formal" word right? or should be "formallest"?

)

when you are asking about the past time, usually you say like below.

for the places:

for example; your child has just come from school, and you say: "Okul nasildi?" it means actually:"how was the school?", but it has a meaning that the time which was passed in school.

"Okul nasil gecti?" has same meaning but less formal.
"İş nasıldı?"= how was work = How have you been in school?
"sinav nasil gecti?= "how was your exam?"= sinav nasildi?

**abdil han** · 01-09-2007

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

aaarrgghhh!! -- that's English for "Rats!"

I thought that was the case. So, help me through this sticky wicket.

If talking to someone, and you want to ask about more than just how they are feeling at the moment, but you want to find out how the last couple of weeks have been for that person since you last talked to them, how does one ask that question?

I know another way to ask the question is Ne haber? (or even Naber?) but I find that usually gets the same response as Nasilsin? In American slang one could ask "What's up with you?", "How life?", or even "How's trix?". Are there any equivalents in Turkish? (Because I know that surely this must be something that people all over the world run into when trying to learn about how friends lives are proceeding.)

i see,,

in this situation,you can say ''nasıl gidiyor? ''(how its going? )
and by this question,you can get the answer which u r looking for...

peace

**axess1907** · 01-10-2007

Hey dude, are you turkish? I am turkish, too

**Naira** · 01-13-2007

thank you brother

**Grace Seeker** · 01-13-2007

OK. I've stumbled across this phrase, and I can only halfway make sense of it: "özo bize geldğinde alem yapalım"

I don't know if there are perhaps spelling mistkaes. If it is because it might be in slang or computereze. And also is just simply beyond my present knowledge of Turkish. Can anybody help me?

**kudusyolu** · 01-13-2007

Let's Meet in Free QUDS

www.KudusYolu.com

**dostpost** · 01-14-2007

Originally Posted by Grace Seeker

OK. I've stumbled across this phrase, and I can only halfway make sense of it: "özo bize geldğinde alem yapalım"

I don't know if there are perhaps spelling mistkaes. If it is because it might be in slang or computereze. And also is just simply beyond my present knowledge of Turkish. Can anybody help me?

what does "özo" mean? is this a name?