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Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Crabbit on March 03, 2004, 17:38:05 PM: Sunday..........Pazar.......... pah-ZAHR
Monday..........Pazartesi......pah-ZAHR-teh-see
Tuesday.........Sali.............sah-LUH
Wednesday.......Çrsamba.........char-shahm-BAH
Thursday........Persembe.........pehr-shehm-BEH
Friday..........Cuma.............joo-MAH
Saturday........Cumartesi........joo-MAHR-teh-see
month...........ay...............AHY
year............sene, yil........SEH-neh, YUHL
January.........Ocak.............oh-JAHK
February........Subat............shoo-BAHT
March...........Mart.............MAHRT
April...........Nisan.............nee-SAHN
May.............Mayis.............mah-YUSS
June............Haziran...........HAH-zee-RAHN
July............Temmuz............teh-MOOZ
August..........Agustos...........AH-oo-STOHSS
September.......Eylül.............ehy-LEWL
October.........Ekim..............eh-KEEM
November........Kasim.............kah-SUHM
December........Aralik............AH-rah-LU
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Carpete on March 03, 2004, 20:48:11 PM: Nice one Dave![^]
I don't have the pronouciations, as you have but here's my list for shopping for our new pad! My apologies in advance to any Turkish speaking people for incorrect useage of their language!
pillow - el havusu
curtain - perde
rug - hali, kilm
oda - single (as in bed)
twin - kisilik
bedding - yorgan
sheet - carsafi
bath towel - banya havusu
double - cift
dishwasher - bulasik makinesi
fridge - buzdoabi
cooker - ocak (yemek)
table - masa
chair - sandalye
drawers - sifonyer
couch - divan, kanepe, kottuk
bed - yatas

Does sag mean right Dave, if so what does ol mean and how do you get your keyboard to do the curly bits on the letters????? :)
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Tonya on March 03, 2004, 21:05:36 PM: çok guzel, Dave 8)
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Crabbit on March 03, 2004, 21:19:42 PM: Carpete
sag does indeed mean right, dunno about ol, but Sol means left
and i get the curly bits cos i copy and paste my posts (make the language on your keyboard Turkish)

Dave
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: haino on March 03, 2004, 23:32:48 PM: :. istiyorum

Means "I'd Like"

Just add the turkish word(s) before it.

e.g. iki bira istiyorum. I'd like two beers.

One for me and the one I owe Scunner
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Keith on March 04, 2004, 09:21:42 AM: Check out this site, you can even hear the pronunciation.

http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?lang1=english&lang2=turkish&page=main
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Carpete on March 05, 2004, 17:15:44 PM: [ :)Thanks Keith. I like the look of the Rosetta Stone course, anyone here used it??
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Pickle on April 22, 2004, 18:50:11 PM: I'm sure we all know this one, but it made me laugh...
We were chatting to the Turkish neighbour, and politely trying out our meager linguistic skills - which don't amount to much more than Iki Bira (see above!), and were trying to say 'Thanks' - always a good one to start with.:D

The neighbour, said "ahhh....to say Thanks in Turkish you say 'Tea and Sugar!' "

(tumbleweed)

well, I enjoyed it!:D:D:D
Suze
(I think this is where 5neeky disowns me...:()
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: karen crouch on July 02, 2004, 20:21:46 PM: I also have heard Turkish people say that thank you is 'tea and sugar'. i assume it is because Tesekkurler (pronounced Tai sheck -u -lar) sounds to them like
Tea - Tai (Cay - pronounced Chi is tea in turkish) and
seker is sugar.
trouble is when you say Tesskkurler in Turkish it sound nothing like tea and sugar in English!
Perhaps we should try and explain?
Regards, Karen

One useful phrase for the Dolmus is:
inecek var i want to get out/off
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: ZwaaiHaai on July 30, 2004, 20:17:09 PM: quote:
Originally posted by karen crouch

I also have heard Turkish people say that thank you is 'tea and sugar'. i assume it is because Tesekkurler (pronounced Tai sheck -u -lar) sounds to them like
Tea - Tai (Cay - pronounced Chi is tea in turkish) and
seker is sugar.
trouble is when you say Tesskkurler in Turkish it sound nothing like tea and sugar in English!
Perhaps we should try and explain?
Regards, Karen

One useful phrase for the Dolmus is:
inecek var i want to get out/off

inecek var

How do i pronounce that?
Inezjek far?
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: janet.gur on July 31, 2004, 09:48:41 AM: It's easy to write Turkish letters using a standard qwerty keyboard. Just follow these instructions:

Ç - ALT + 0199
ç - ALT + 0231
I - normal capital I
1 - ALT + 0305
ÃŽ - ALT + 0206
i - normal lower case i
Ã’ - ALT + 0210
ö - ALT + 0246
Ü - ALT + 0220
ü - ALT + 0252
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Peter on July 31, 2004, 16:54:06 PM: For PDA owners.

I have found a Turkish vocabulary builder that contains 7,000 words and works on the Flash Card principle.

It is available for download from the HANDANGO.COM website at a cost of $5 US
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Linda1953 on August 03, 2004, 16:40:14 PM: And of course the most famous of all Turkish sayings seni seviyorum.

:-))) Linda
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: neilio on August 06, 2004, 22:07:47 PM: what about the most important words of all...

Merhaba - Hello pronounced - merry(ry)-abba

tessagular - thankyou pronounced - tesh-a-coola
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: Rimms on August 06, 2004, 22:43:43 PM: quote:
what about the most important words of all...

Merhaba - Hello pronounced - merry(ry)-abba

tessagular - thankyou pronounced - tesh-a-coola

I disagree, the most important word is - Raki
Title: A few words to start off with
Post by: neilio on August 07, 2004, 21:58:54 PM: ok thats the third most important word!!