Turkish Lessons-2

Never Say "tesekkurler" in Turkey unless you want to starve!

Underlying meanings of words

Dictionaries are good but every time you look up for a word, do they give what we need, not necessarily. It's not possible to find the cultural aspect or underlying meaning of the words and sentences this way. Here I disclose one, very important one. That would help you not to end up with no food when you are speaking in Turkish. 

Direct Translation is not always a great idea

What not to say!

One mistake we all do directly translating a sentence or a word. Being a bit more specific here, someone or a waiter asks you whether you want coffee,tea or food.

Turkish Lessons -1

Basic Turkish Phrases-Greetings times of the day

Merhaba,

First thing you need to know at the beginning of your Turkish Learning process is greetings.
Below you will see the translations, one important difference that we split afternoon into two and use times in plural form;  like saying good evenings=iyi akşam+lar etc.


Times of the day;
Morning                Sabah
Noon                    Öğlen
Early afternoon     Öğleden sonra
Late afternoon      Akşam üstü
Evening                Akşam
Night                    Gece


Greetings accordingly
Good morning      Günaydın
Good afternoon    Merhaba (Hello) or İyi günler (Good day)
Good evening       İyi akşamlar
Good night           İyi geceler
Sweet Dreams      Tatlı rüyalar


sevgiler (warm regards)

Turkish Tutor Selin

Learn Turkish with Turkish Songs; TNK-Again we wait for summer

Another Turkish song for you to practise Turkish, which is a soundtrack of a recent film. He sings clearly so that you can follow the lyrics.


Ah ne çok ÖzLedim seni 
How much I missed you.
Bir biLsen ah bir görsen 
Wish you know, wish you see
SonbaharLarım geLir 
My autums' would come
O Yaprak hiç düşmez 
That leaf doesn't drop
Hepsi bitti hepsi bitti 
All finished, all finished
Hepsi kayboLan günLerdi 
They were all lost days
Bir yaLnız sen bir yaLnız ben 
one lonely you, one lonely I
Bizi ne nasıL tüketti ki 
How this consumed us

Fatmagülün suçu ne Episode-15/ Part-1

If you are at beginner level, have a look at introduction to Turkish first.


Mukaddes: Bu boşanma gerçekleşmeyecek!

This divorce wont take place.

O kadar.

That’s it

Kerim: Yırttın da ne oldu şimdi ha!

You tear it what happaned now

Ben gidip yenisini çıkartamaz mıyım?

Can’t I go and get a new one?

Bak o isterse gideriz beraber boşanırız, engel olamazsın.

Look, if she wants we go together divorce, you can’t stop

Mukaddes: Aptal, aptal konuşma.

Fatmagül boşanmak isteseydi acaba yatağının altında bunu hazine gibi saklar mıydı?

İste+se if she was wishing/willing,

Acaba= I wonder

Yatağı+n+ın

Kerim: Al yerine koy.

Take, put to it’s place.

Mukaddes: Ne o elin titriyor?

What it is; your hand is shaking

Kerim: Al hemen yerine koy şunu.

Take, straight away put that to it’s place.

Mukaddes: Sakladı diye hoşuna gitti dimi.

Diye:so that, in case

Hoşuna gitmek:to be pleased

Kerim: Fatmagül bunu bana gösterdiğini bilmesin, yerine koy şunu.

Diği=that

Gösterdiğim—my showing

Göster+diğin  --your showing

Mukaddes: Siz ne numara yapıyorsunuz ya.

Hem cilveleşin, hem mektuplaşın ondan sonra boşanacağız diye tehdit edin.

Cilveleşmek=flirt

Ne zorunuz, anlamadım ben bu işi-inverted sentences

Zorun ne=what’s the matter with you