Most Useful Words in Turkey Turkish Lesson 1, Greetings! Here are your first ten words of Turkish. You can learn them in just a few minutes today and you'll use them every day - several times - during your travels in Turkey: ENGLISH ARABIC TURKISH PRONONCIATION 1 Hello مرحب ا Merhaba MEHR-hah-bah 2 Good morning, good day Günaydın gew-nahy-duhn صباح الخير 3 Good evening مساء الخير İyi akşamlar EE ahk-shahm-lahr 4 Good night ليلة سعيدة İyi geceler EE geh-jeh-lehr 5 Goodbye في أمان هللا Allaha ısmarladık ah-lahs-mahr-lah-duhk 6 Bon voyage وداع ا Güle güle gew-leh gew-leh 7 What is your name? ما اسمك Adınız ne? AH-duh-NUHZ neh 8 My name is... اسمي Adım Ah-DUHM 9 How are you? كيف حالك Nasılsınız? NAHS-suhl-suh-nuhz 10 I'm fine, thank you. أنا بخير شكر ا İyiyim, teşekkür ederim. ee-yee-yihm, tesh-ek-kewr ehdehr-eem Turkish social interaction tends to be very polite. Turkish Lesson 2, Pardon Me,Words 11 to 20, gives you the words you need: 11 Pardon me عفو ا Affedersiniz, pardon af-feh-dehr-see-neez, pahr- DOHN 12 Yes/no نعم / ال Evet/hayır eh-veht/hah-yuhr 13 Please. من فضلك Lütfen. LEWT-fehn 14 Help yourself. تفض ل! Buyurun(uz). BOOY-roon-(ooz) 15 Thanks. شكر ا Teşekkürler. Sağ ol. Mersi. teh-sheh-kewr-lehr. SOWL. mehr-see. 16 You're welcome. عفو ا Bir şey değil. beer SHEHY deh-yeel 17 Friend صديق / صديقة Arkadaş Ar-kah-DAHSH
18 What? ما ماذا Ne? NEH 19 How? كيف Nasıl? NAH-suhl 20 Who? م ن Kim? KEEM Here's Turkish Lesson 3, Why? When? Which? Words 21 to 31 to help you get what you want in Turkey: 21 Why? ملاذا Niçin, neden? NEE-cheen, NEH-dehn 22 When? متى Ne zaman? NEH zah-mahn 23 Which one? أي واحد Hangisi? HAHN-gee-see 24 What's this? ما هذا ما هذه Bu ne? BOO neh 25 How much/many? كم / كم العدد Kaç/kaç tane? KAHCH/tah-neh 26 What does it mean? ماذا يعني Ne demek? NEH deh-mehk 27 Give me..... أعطني... bana verin bah-nah veh-reen 28 I want..... أنا أريد... istiyorum eess-tee-yoh-room 29...this هذا... / هذه...... bu(nu)...boo(noo) 30...that ذلك...... su(nu)...shoo(noo) 31...the other لاخر / لاخرى... o(nu)...oh(noo) Here's Lesson 4, New-Old, Hot-Cold, Words 32 to 40 (short lesson today - only 9 "words"...but they're really all pairs of words.) 32 hot/cold حار / بارد sıcak/soğuk suh-jahk/soh-ook 33 big/small كبير / صغير büyük/küçük bew-yewk/kew-chewk 34 new/old جديد / قديم yeni/eski yeh-nee/ehss-kee 35 open/closed مفتوح / مغلق açık/kapalı ah-chuhk/kah-pah-luh 36 not...... ليس... değil deh-yeel
37 It exists/doesn't exist يوجد / ال يوجد Var/yok VAHR/YOHK 38 And/or و / أو Ve/veya VEH/veh-YAH 39 Good/bad جيد / سيئ İyi/fenah EE-ee/ feh-nah 40 Beautiful/ugly جميل / قبيح Güzel/çirkin gew-zehl/cheer-keen Turkish Lesson 5, Where Is..., Words 41 to 50. In Turkish, the place you're looking for bus station, hotel, toilet, restaurant comes first in the sentence, followed by nerede ("where is..."). 41 Where is a/the...? أين...... nerede? NEH-reh-deh 42 railway station محطة القطار Gar/istasyon GAHR, ees-tah-syohn 43 bus station أوتوجار / محطة الباص Otogar OH-toh-gahr 44 cheap hotel فندق رخيص Ucuz bir otel oo-jooz beer oh-tehl 45 toilet مرحاض / حمام Tuvalet too-vah-leht 46 restaurant مطعم Lokanta loh-kahn-tah 47 post office مكتب بريد Postane, PTT POHSS-tah-neh, peh-teh- TEH 48 Room غرفة Oda OH-dah 49 Shower دش Duş DOOSH 50 Bath حمام Banyo BAHN-yo Here's Turkish Lesson 6, Turkish Bath & Tea, Words 51 to 61, mostly aboutwater and its uses...such as bathing and making tea 51 Turkish bath حمام Hamam Hah-MAHM 52 Soap صابون Sabun Sah-BOON 53 Toilet paper ورق تواليت Tuvalet kâğıdı too-vah-leht kyaah-uh-duh 54 Hot water املاء الساخن Sıcak su Suh_JAHK soo 55 Luggage أمتعة Bagaj Bah-GAHZH
56 Clean نظيف Temiz The-MEEZ 57 Laundry مغسلة Çamasır Chah-mah-SHUR 58 Light(s) ضوء Işık(lar) Uh-SHUK (uh-shuk-lahr) 59 Money نقود Para PAH-rah 60 Water ماء Su SOO 61 Tea شاي Çay CHAH-yee Here's Turkish Lesson 7, Going Places, Words 62 to 75 of the 100 Most Useful Words in Turkish 62 street, avenue شارع sokak, cadde(si) soh-kahk, JAHD-deh 63 Left/right اليسار / يمين Sol/ sağ SOHL/SAAH 64 straight (on) مباشرة doğru doh-roo 65 Here/ there/ over there / هناك هنا / SHOO-rah-dah/ Burada/ şurada/ orada BOO-rah-dah/ هناك OH-rah-dah 66 Near/far قريب / بعيد Yakın/uzak yah-kuhn/oo-zahk 67 map خريطة harita HAH-ree-TAH 68 ticket تذكرة bilet bee-leht 69 one-way/ xroundtrip اتجاه واحد / ذهاب ا وإياب ا gidiş/ gidiş-dönüş gee-deesh/ gee-deesh-dur- NEWRSH 70 airplane طائر ة uçak oo-chahk 71 airport مطار havaalanı Hah-VAH-ah-lah-nuh 72 train قطار tren TREHN 73 ship سفينة gemi GEH-mee 74 bus حافلة / باص otobüs Oh-toh-BEWSS 75 car سيارة araba AH-rah-bah Here's Turkish Lesson 8, Days of the Week in Turkish, Words 76 to 86, of the 100 Most Useful Words in Turkish
76 Day, daily يوم /يوميا gün, günlük GURN, HEHR-gurn 77 today اليوم bugün BOO-gurn 78 tomorrow غد ا yarın YAHR-uhn 79 week أسبوع hafta hahf-tah 80 Sunday ماحد Pazar pah-zahr 81 Monday الاثنين Pazartesi pah-zahr-teh-see 82 Tuesday الثالثاء Salı sah-luh 83 Wednesday ما ربعاء Çarsamba char-shahm-bah 84 Thursday الخميس Persembe pehr-shehm-beh 85 Friday الجمعة Cuma joo-mah 86 Saturday السبت Cumartesi joo-mahr-teh-see Turkish Lesson 9, Months of the Year, Words 87 to 100: the Turkish months of the year. 87 month شهر ay AH-yee 88 year عام / سنة sene, yıl SEH-neh, YUHL 89 January يناير Ocak oh-jahk 90 February فبراير Şubat shoo-baht 91 March آذار Mart MAHRT 92 April أبريل Nisan nee-sahn 93 May مايو Mayıs mah-yuss 94 June يونيو Haziran HAH-zee-RAHN 95 July يوليو Temmuz teh-mooz 96 August أغسطس Ağustos AH-oo-STOHSS 97 September سبتمبر Eylül ehy-lewl
98 October أكتوبر Ekim eh-keem 99 November نوفمبر Kasım kah-suhm 100 December ديسمبر Aralık AH-rah-LUHK Here are the Turkish cardinal numbers with pronunciation guides. sıfır SUH-fuhr صفر 0 çeyrek chehy-rehk ربع -1/4 yarım YAH-ruhm نصف -1/2 buçuk boo-chook نصف -1/2 bir BEER واحد 1 iki ee-kee اثنان 2 üç EWCH ثالثة 3 dört DURRT أربعة 4 beş BEHSH خمسة 5 altı ahl-tuh ستة 6 yedi yeh-dee سبعة 7 sekiz seh-keez ثمانية 8 dokuz doh-kooz تسعة 9 on OHN عشرة 10 on bir ohn BEER أحد عشر 11 on iki ohn ee-kee اثنا عشر 12 on üç ohn EWCH ثالثة عشر 13 yirmi yeer-mee عشرون 20 otuz oh-tooz ثالثون 30
kırk KUHRK أربعون 40 elli ehl-lee خمسون 50 altmış ahlt-mush ستون 60 yetmiş yeht-meesh سبعون 70 seksen sehk-sehn ثمانون 80 doksan dohk-sahn تسعون 90 yüz YEWZ مائة 100 iki yüz ee-kee yewz مائتان 200 bin BEEN ألف 1000 iki bin ee-kee been ألفان 2000 on bin OHN been عشرة آالف 10,000 milyon meel-yohn مليون 1,000,000 milyar meel-yahr مليار 1,000,000,000 trilyon treel-yohn تريليون 1,000,000,000,000