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Offline GordonA

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2012, 16:39:10 PM »
I love "Foreign" languages, can "get by" in a few of them, (Spanish, French, German, & of course a smattering of English !!) but my favourite of all is Turkish. I find it to be a very clever language, in the way that the grammar "works", if that makes sense ?
I agree that the best way of learning is face to face, but whichever method one chooses, do not become frustrated and give in, one day everything will just click into place.



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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2012, 16:46:59 PM »
Another good tip when learning a foreign language is that as soon as you learn something new, go out and use it as often as you can, then it usually sticks.

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2012, 17:09:44 PM »
do not become frustrated and give in, one day everything will just click into place.

Just like my hip in the morning.

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2012, 09:00:40 AM »
Good morning! Thank you everyone for your assistance regarding my question, I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. Having visited Turkey for the last seven years I feel if I'm going to learn the language it's now or never! I'm not satisfied with only knowing the standard tourist phrases (hello, good morning, thank you, good night) so I'm determined to master it.
I live in Leeds, UK and have taken your advise and I'm going to enquire about language courses at the uni, I've laden myself with school-age books as I think the more I am exposed to even simple sentences I'll start recognising the letter patterns. I also bought the Earworms series 1 in Turkish for cheap as it was on one of those discount code websites.
I think I just need to visit Turkey more to be around Turkish speaking folk, I certainly wouldn't argue with that  ;)

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #14 on: August 14, 2012, 13:00:23 PM »
See if anyone in your local kebab shop wants to improve their English in return for some Turkish lessons (and maybe the occasional kebab) .   ;)

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #15 on: August 14, 2012, 13:45:53 PM »
I use every visit to try and improve my meagre grasp on the language. I could write a shopping list, but not have a conversation sadly. These instructions are the best I have seen and make so much sense. The problem I have,  as has been referred to above, is knowing how things SHOULD sound, and not what I THINK they should sound like. More of the same please! :D

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Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #16 on: August 14, 2012, 14:22:49 PM »
This looks interesting, don't know if anyone has tried it, or got any reviews

http://www.voicesnewspaper.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5277

Here is a really good link for pronunciation :

http://www.manastro.co.uk/members/turkey/turkish.htm


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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #17 on: August 14, 2012, 15:59:26 PM »
For Angela, lesson number 2   ;)

Another suffix that is used often is -de/-da.
It's a preposition and means in/on/at.

It follows the same vowel harmony:

e, i, ö, ü are followed by -de
a, ı, o, u are follwed by -da


There is no definite article in Turkish so "the" doesn't get translated.

arabada = in the car
okulda = in the school
evde = in the house = at home
masada = on the table

If the noun ends with one of the following (hard) consonants: ç f h k p s ş t , you use -te and -ta instead of -de and -da.

yatakta = in bed
otobüste = in the bus
mutfakta = in the kitchen

An apostroph is being used after a name.

Fethiye'de = in Fethiye
Dalaman'da = in Dalaman
Türkiye'de = in Turkey
Çalış'ta = in Çalış

The plural suffix comes before the preposition suffix so if you combine them, it is as follows:

okullarda = in (the) schools
arabalarda = in (the) cars

Pay attention when the noun ends with one of the hard consonants:

dolapta = in the closet
dolaplarda = in the closets

I've just written this quickly so hopefully it makes sense. 
Turkish is like lego. Just keep adding a new block and the word grows.

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #18 on: August 14, 2012, 16:02:12 PM »
thanks, that's my homework for tonight  ;)

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Re: Already failed attempt at learning Turkish!!
« Reply #19 on: August 14, 2012, 16:09:53 PM »
I'll give you some real homework  ;D

Translate the following phrases:

in the park
at the school
in Antalya
on the tables
in de sea
in the book
in the books

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