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Introduction | |
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The Turkish language | |
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The alphabet and pronunciation | |
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Pronunciation practice - survival guide | |
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Ekmek var mi? / is there any bread? | |
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Exchange greetings and farewells | |
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Ask for goods in shops | |
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Ask simple questions and make simple statements | |
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Ingiliz misiniz? / are you English? | |
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Address people | |
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Request and give personal details | |
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Count | |
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Use the Turkish for am, are and is | |
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Daha koymayin, lutfen! / no more, please! | |
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Order a meal | |
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Tell someone what to do | |
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Give simple directions | |
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Saka yapiyorsunuz! / you're joking! | |
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Say what is happening | |
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Talk about your daily routine | |
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Say what will happen shortly | |
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Say what belongs to whom | |
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Say what you have and what you want | |
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Cok beklediniz mi? / have you been waiting long? | |
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Make introductions and be introduced | |
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Talk about the past | |
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Say what has happened | |
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Tell the time | |
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Yarin erken kalkacagim / I'll get up early tomorrow | |
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Talk about the future | |
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Make suggestions | |
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Say where things are in relation to each other | |
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Yardim eder misiniz? / would you help me? | |
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Make requests | |
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State intention and willingness | |
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Tell stories and jokes | |
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Nereye gidelim? ne yapabiliriz? / Where shall we go? what can we do? | |
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Make exclamations | |
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Express possibility | |
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Make suggestions | |
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Offer to do something | |
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Compare things | |
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Neler yapmayi seviyorsunuz? / what do you like doing? | |
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Express obligation | |
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Talk about likes and dislikes | |
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Give advice | |
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Eger gecmezse, ilac veririm / if it doesn't get better, I'll give you some medicine | |
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Say what will happen if something else happens | |
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Say what you need | |
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Give advice | |
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Say how long something has been going on | |
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Sizce cok sakin bir yermis! / you said it was a very quiet place! | |
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Make complaints | |
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Apologize | |
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Report what someone else has said | |
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Say what you expect to have happened | |
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Aradiginiz numara yanlistir / the number you have dialled is incorrect | |
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Make official announcements | |
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Make sentences with the equivalent of which or that | |
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Use the Turkish -ip verb ending | |
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Ne oldugunu anlatir misiniz? / could you tell me what happened? | |
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Say what was happening | |
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Say what had happened previously | |
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Say what someone reported or heard about an event | |
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Guldurme beni! / don't make me laugh! | |
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Express surprise | |
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Say what used to happen | |
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Talk about having things done | |
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Say when, where and how something happened | |
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Burasi ne zaman insa edilmis? / when was this place built? | |
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Say what was done and by whom | |
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Say what was going to happen | |
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Build new vocabulary using specific word endings | |
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Fiyatlari bilseydim orada yemezdik / if I had known about the prices we wouldn't have eaten there | |
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Say what you would do in an unlikely situation | |
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Say what you would have done if things had been different | |
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Express regret | |
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Build new vocabulary using specific word endings | |
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Taking it further | |
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Progress test | |
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Key to the exercises | |
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Key to the progress test | |
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Grammar reference | |
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Turkish-English glossary | |
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English-Turkish glossary | |
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Index of language points | |