Practising Turkish is important part of learning Turkish. In this blog you can find material to learn and practise Turkish online with Turkish TV series, songs and other material.
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Mukaddes: Meryem hanım, Meryem hanım.
Rahmi. Meryem:Neoldu? Avukat: İyi başladık. Meryem:Yani? Avukat: Kerim Mahkemeyi tutuksuz bekleyecek. Rahmi:Bitti mi, bittim mi? Fatmagül:Seni serbest mi bıraktılar?
Öbürleri?
Tutuklandılar mı? Kerim:Eee, bana bir şey söylemeyecek misin? Fatmagül: Geçmiş olsun.
Meltem: Her şeye rağmen, herkese rağmen, şikayet edebildiklerine göre doğru değil mi! Against all odds, against everyone, considering they can report, it's true isn't it!
Reşat: Lütfen kendine gel. Please pull yourself together.
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Fatmagül: Abla ben korkuyorum. Sister, I'm scared. ***
Meryem: Sen o yüzüğü vermeyecektin. You shouldn't have given that ring.
Eğer o geceye ait bir tane delilimiz olsaydı, biz bu durumda olmazdık. If we had one proof for that night we wouldn't be in this situation.
Fatmagülün suçu ne yeni bölümü ile perşembe akşamı Kanal-D'de. Fatmagülün suçu ne new episode in on Kanal-D on thursday.
This is a recent love film of Omer Faruk Sorak, a successful Turkish director.The film is really good yet sad.
Here is the trailer for you to practise Turkish with English subtitles and scenery from Istanbul Turkey.
If you are complete beginner please check Turkish for beginners section first.
-1 Eylül 1977 Ankara doğumlu+y+um.
-1 Eylül 1977'de Ankara'da doğ+dum. (past tense; first person past)
-Dede, aşk nasıl oluyor?
-Kalb+in çok hızlı çarpar, hep onu görmek onun+la beraber olmak istersin, gerisi umrunda değil.
For the past few months the whole country is shaken by a historical TV series called Muhtesem Yuzyil, Magnificent Century, which is about the relationship of Sultan Solomon the Magnificent with his wife Hurrem Sultan as well as the life in the Ottoman Palace. The show caused many debates in public, in fact the media, such as the historical mistakes in the show, harem, the way the harem is exhibited and many others. No doubt all these help the popularity of the show because it has the highest ratings ever week. Another fact that makes the show popular is the latest visual effects used in the war, city and palace scenes, which is a first in the Turkish movie industry.
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.
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
