Turkish For Beginners

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There are a lot of people who speak Turkish (Turkey Turkish) in the world specially in europe. Over than 20 million Turkish people are living in countires in Europe . but they have many problems.Turkish people are not allowed to speak their own language (Turkish) and live their religion (islam). specially in greece there is a cruelty to Turkish people. sometimes greece people burn Turkish mosques and kill Turkish babys. This cruelty is showed only in our media and news. Europe's media hide this cruelty.

there is a saying in Turkish:

A dog does not bite another dog.
 
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Başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur. (from wiki quote ;D)

Benim adim Al-Zaara.
Istiyorum Türqe öğrenmek (?).

lol My parents speak Turkish and I spoke it when I was much younger, now it's all forgotten. :(
Insha'Allah, I will learn it again.

:w:
 
Al-Zaara said:
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Başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur. (from wiki quote ;D)

Benim adim Al-Zaara.
Istiyorum Türqe öğrenmek (?).

lol My parents speak Turkish and I spoke it when I was much younger, now it's all forgotten. :(
Insha'Allah, I will learn it again.

:w:
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a.salam sister,
inshaAllah you can learn it again,and if ur parents still speak turkish,it wouldnt be a problem i think...inshaAllah...

terve,,
mita kuulu?? :)

sağlıcakla kalasın
wassalam
 
Hahaha, you made me laugh!!
First time someone spoke Finnish here! :happy:
You know Finnish? :?

Todella hyvin, kiitos. Entäs miten sulle kuulu?:happy:
(Very good, thank you. And how are you doing?)

Yes, I don't think learning Turkish is going to be so hard, as I do understand a lot of words, but not whole sentences just yet. :)

Teshekyr! :D

:w:
 
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kiitos hyvin sister:)
i dont know finnish very well,actually i forgot it:D
i worked 2 years with finnish people and then began to learn it,but i gave it up,coz there are nt so many finnish people in the world:)just 5.5 millions,

inshaAllah you can learn turkish soon again:)
wassalam
 
Wow!!! Thanks for this thread...

I only know Merhaba, gule-gule and seni seviyorum...

Ben North Malezyaim... <---- is it right?:rollseyes
(I am North Malaysian)
 
Al-Zaara said:
:sl:

Başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur. (from wiki quote ;D)

Benim adim Al-Zaara.
Istiyorum Türqe öğrenmek (?).

lol My parents speak Turkish and I spoke it when I was much younger, now it's all forgotten. :(
Insha'Allah, I will learn it again.

:w:
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Al-Zaara, I am not correcting you, as much as seeing if I understand the following point of grammar. I probably know less than 100 words of Turkish, but I think that Al-Zaara's sentence needs to be placed in a different order:

Turkce ogrenmek istiyorum. = I am wanting to learn Turkish.
Am I correct?
(I am sorry, I don't have Turkish characters on this computer.)
The subject comes first and the verb last in the sentence. And in this sentence the subject "I" is implied in the verb "istiyorum" so it does not need to be stated.

With such a short quiz I am afraid I have either an A or an F, no middle ground for a B or a C.


Can someone translate this that she quoted?
Başkasına fenalık eden kendine etmiş olur.
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:sl:

We'll wait for the correction of my sentence. But I do think you're right, it sounds right in my ears. :happy:

Translation of that wiki quote I posted previously:

Literal translation: He who does evil to another, has done it to himself.

:w:
 
north_malaysian said:
Wow!!! Thanks for this thread...

I only know Merhaba, gule-gule and seni seviyorum...

Ben North Malezyaim... <---- is it right?:rollseyes
(I am North Malaysian)
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yes , you are right only "li" is missed:D . and "north "means "kuzey"

Ben Kuzey Malezyaliyim.

Malezya = Malaysian

Malezyali = a person who lived or born in Malaysian.

Malezyali - y - im = y is a special tag because two " i " can not be together in Turkish.

there are some letters can not be together:
a, e , i ,I, u , ü , o

when a tag starts with this letters and the word finishes with this letters, they joins with a special tag (in example: y).
y,s and n are special tags which joins words and tags.
 
mustklc said:
yes , you are right only "li" is missed:D . and "north "means "kuzey"

Ben Kuzey Malezyaliyim.

Malezya = Malaysian

Malezyali = a person who lived or born in Malaysian.

Malezyali - y - im = y is a special tag because two " i " can not be together in Turkish.

there are some letters can not be together:
a, e , i ,I, u , ü , o

when a tag starts with this letters and the word finishes with this letters, they joins with a special tag (in example: y).
y,s and n are special tags which joins words and tags.
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OK... Ben Kuzey Malezyaliyim


What's the meaning "Unuttun beni zalim"?
 
north_malaysian said:
OK... Ben Kuzey Malezyaliyim


What's the meaning "Unuttun beni zalim"?
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you can say only: "Kuzey Malezyaliyim" . "Ben" is not necessary.



there was a song "unuttun beni zalim".

it means, "cruel, you have forgetten me."

i think,"cruel " is darling of a man in this song. so this is a sadly song :D

zalim= cruel

unut= forget

unut - tu - n : a good example for the Turkish special tag sytems. :D

"tu" or "du" means past time, the time before today. past simple tense or present perfect tense :giggling:

" n " : an action which is made by you, you made.

unuttun= you have forgetten.

what a nice language is Turkish! A sentence, which is three word in English, is only one word.

there is an online dictionary for turkish to english , english to turkish translations.

http://www.seslisozluk.com/

and you can listen pronunciation also.

good luck
 
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Evet. teşekkür=thanks


And here is another: Same stations, different webpage to find them

My turkish isn't that good, so I would ask one of the real Turks on here to be sure, but I think you can do music downloads from this site. Maybe they would have some other recommendations. As you learn Turkish, you can go to www.mynet.com or www.superonline.com and track down almost anything Turkish.
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What is "Evet"?

How can you type those "U" with two dots, and "s" with a comma?
 
north_malaysian said:
What is "Evet"?

How can you type those "U" with two dots, and "s" with a comma?
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Evet = yes.

There are a couple of ways to get Turkish characters.
The best is to download the Turkish characters that are problaby already in your computer so that you can use them on your keyboard. If you use Microsoft Windows, it is built right into the program's software. Just go to your control panel and your help files will direct you through the process. You can also download Turkish characters off the net if you computer doesn't already have them.


But, the computer I'm actually on right now doesn't have them. And rather than reconfiguring the system I just go to the website listed above -- http://www.seslisozluk.com/ -- type in the word I want, and it then comes back and asks me if I really meant the same word but with Turkish characters and then I copy and paste.

There are also Turkish characters too. You'll notice that there is an i without a dot and an i with a dot. For instance, Istanbul when written in Turkish has a dot above even the capital i. And my daughter's name, Asli, is spelled without a dot on the i. The i without a dot sounds more like "uh".
 
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Grace Seeker said:
Evet = yes.

There are a couple of ways to get Turkish characters.
The best is to download the Turkish characters that are problaby already in your computer so that you can use them on your keyboard. If you use Microsoft Windows, it is built right into the program's software. Just go to your control panel and your help files will direct you through the process. You can also download Turkish characters off the net if you computer doesn't already have them.


But, the computer I'm actually on right now doesn't have them. And rather than reconfiguring the system I just go to the website listed above -- http://www.seslisozluk.com/ -- type in the word I want, and it then comes back and asks me if I really meant the same word but with Turkish characters and then I copy and paste.

There are also Turkish characters too. You'll notice that there is an i without a dot and an i with a dot. For instance, Istanbul when written in Turkish has a dot above even the capital i. And my daughter's name, Asli, is spelled without a dot on the i. The i without a dot sounds more like "uh".
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I've bought Turkish dictionary, so I knew the pronounciation of those "I"s, also the "C"s and the "S"

:D
 
north_malaysian said:
I've bought Turkish dictionary, so I knew the pronounciation of those "I"s, also the "C"s and the "S"

:D
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More power to you if you can pronounce them right. I have no problem with most of the letters, but the undoted "ı" is a different story. Aslı lived with us for a year and she says that I never did quite pronounce her name right, imsad




... but my wife did! :D
 
Grace Seeker said:
More power to you if you can pronounce them right. I have no problem with most of the letters, but the undoted "ı" is a different story. Aslı lived with us for a year and she says that I never did quite pronounce her name right, imsad




... but my wife did! :D
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In Malay language, we used "E" for the "I"(without dot). So in Malay spelling it'll be "Asle"
 

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