But it is so fun to learn a language! Our Turkish friends and classmates like practicing english with us and help us with the meaning and pronunciation of Turkish words. According to one info-graphic learning Turkish is of medium difficulty, taking 44 weeks (Spanish is 23). I have a couple free Turkish-English apps and a pocket dictionary, but mostly I try to write words in my Notes App so I can quickly reference it anytime. It is fun to go thru the dictionary during a boring lecture or try to pick out words during a Turkish conversation or on a public sign. But hands down the most fun is to interject into Turkish or English conversations with Turkish one liners. çok bario!
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| Always have that Turkish-English dictionary. Although playing menu roulette is exciting too. |
So here is a list of the words I know, forget, and try to remember again. Inappropriate (the most fun to learn) words have been omitted at the request of my mother. Pronunciation is important (Sorry Mrs. Roberts, I just realized this.), you learn fastest when you practice in the "real" world, and as the saying goes "if you don't use it you lose it" in regards to memorization. Word order is subject-object-verb. *Guaranteed words are spelled wrong.
| English | Turkish | *note |
| yes | evet | |
| no | hayır | |
| thanks | teşekkürler | |
| thank you | teşekkür ederim | |
| hi | merhaba | |
| 1 | bir | |
| 2 | iki | |
| 3 | üç | |
| 4 | dört | |
| 5 | beş | |
| 6 | altı | |
| 7 | yedi | |
| 8 | sekiz | |
| 9 | dokus | |
| 10 | on | on bir, on icki… |
| 20 | yirmi | |
| 30 | otuz | |
| 69 | altmış dokus | |
| water | su | |
| vodka | votka | |
| beer | bira | |
| good morning | günaydin | |
| bill | asop | ? |
| please | lütfen | |
| I do not speak Turkish | Turk ja bilmiyorum | |
| I don't understand | anlamadım | |
| tea | çay | |
| coffee | kahve | |
| plain | sade | ? |
| chocolate | çikolata | |
| ice cream | dondurma | |
| goodbye | hoçjakow | ?leaving |
| goodbye | güle güle | staying |
| apple | elma | |
| bannana | muz | |
| airplane | uçak | |
| concrete | beton | |
| whats up | naber | |
| liter beer | baviera | spanish for a place in Germany where beers are served in liters. |
| separately | ayrı ayrı | |
| half | buçok | sign at farmers market is pointer finger curling over |
| very | çok | |
| ok | tamam | |
| how are you? | nasılsın? | |
| where? | nerede? | |
| how much? | ne kadar? | |
| what about you? | ya sen? | |
| broke | kırdı | thanks Hande. |
| milk | süt | |
| chicken | tavuk | |
| bread | ekmek | |
| good, I'm good | iyi iyiyim | |
| bad | kötü | |
| good | iyi | |
| hard | zor | |
| easy | kolay | |
| stone | taş | slang! |
| island | ada | |
| man | adam | |
| dice | zar | |
| more | daha | |
| room | oda | |
| chick | haltön | ? |
| bus | otobüs | |
| bus station | otogar | |
| tani | now | |
| welcome | hoşgeldiniz | |
| good evening | İyi akşamlar | |
| good evening | iyi geceler | |
| thanks | sow | ? |
| easy tiger | ya başol | ? |
| I | ben | |
| you | sen | |
| he/she | o | |
| expensive | pahalı | |
| flower | çiçek | |
| beautiful | güzel | |
| watermelon | karpuz | |
| loud | bario | use for telling people to be quiet |
| excuse me | pardon | |
| please to meet you | memnön el döm | ? |
| bay | gentleman | |
| bayan | lady | |
| scary | korkutucu | |
| appointment | randevu | for the gym. |
| busy | meşgul | seen on elevator. |
| orospu | ||
| piç | ||
| bok | ||
| göt | ||
| ot | ||
| sik tir git | ||
| kezban | ? |
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| Reading in Turkish would really speed up learning. I would have to start with children's books and work my way up to David Sedaris. |
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