Greetings:
hi = merhaba
good morning = gunaydin (u with dieresis, i without dot)
good afternoon = iyi gunler (u with dieresis)
good night = iyi aksamlar (s with cedilla)
Pronouns as Subjects:
I = ben
you (singular) = sen (in a formal conversation "siz" is used instead of "sen". That is very common if the Turks don't each other and are formal)
we = biz
she/ he = o (there is no distinction between feminine and masculine in the Turkish language)
they = onlar
you (plural) = siz
Drinks:
beer = bira
water = su
milk = sut (u with dieresis)
coffee = kahve
tea = cay (c with cedilla)
coke = cola
water with gas = soda
juice = meyva suyu
Fruits:
melon = kavun
watermelon = karpuz
cherry = kiraz
pear = armut
apple = elma
orange = portakal (this word is interesting because the Portuguese people brought the orange tree to Turkey. The word orange is similar to "Portekiz" which means Portuguese in Turkish)
lemon = limon
peach = seftali (s with cedilla)
Colors:
white = beyaz
black = siyah
yellow = sari (i without dot)
red = kirmizi
blue = mavi
green = yesil (s with cedilla)
Meals:
breakfast = kahvalti (i without dot)
lunch = ogle yemegi (all of the gs with tilde)
dinner = aksam yemegi (s with cedilla, g with tilde)
meat = et
salad = salata
vegetables = sebze
sweet = tatli (i without dot)
Some verbs:
to eat = yemek
to drink = icmek ( c with cedilla)
to do = yapmak
to run = kosmak (s with cedilla)
to work = calismak (c with cedilla, i without dot, s with cedilla)
to write = yazmak
to kiss = opmek (the with dieresis)
to call = telefon etmek
to watch = seyretmek
to see = bakmak
to take = almak
to leave = birakmak (i without dot)
to talk = konusmak (s with cedilla)
Numbers:
1 = bir
2 = iki
3 = uc (u with dieresis, c with cedilla)
4 = dort (the with dieresis)
5 = bes (s with cedilla)
6 = alti (i without dot)
7 = yedi
8 = sekiz
9 = dokuz
10 = on
20 = yirmi
30 = otuz
40 = kirk (i without dot)
50 = elli
60 = altmis (i without dot, s with cedilla)
70 = yetmis (s with cedilla)
80 = seksen
90 = doksan
100 = yuz (u with dieresis)
1000 = bin
Date: July 25th, 2003
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