PART ONE - THE
BASICS
Lesson 1: To Be
Welcome to the
Turkish course here at www.yabancidilkursu.com We want
to help you learn foreign languages and we hope this
little course can help you. These courses in part one
are intended for absolute beginners who need a little
assistance with starting to learn some basics. This is
not a complete course.
We'll start by
teaching you how to introduce yourself in Turkish. Take
a look at the following Turkish sentence and it's
English translation. All Turkish text will be written in
blue and the English translation in green.
"Ben Ahmet'im."
"I am Ahmet"
Turkish sentence
structure is different from English's.
"ben" means
"I", but we can't see an
equivalent word of "am" in
Turkish. Instead of it, we see a suffix
"-im" after
Ahmet.
"-im" is the conjugational suffix of verb
"to be" for the first,
singular person "ben". When
you introduce yourself with your name, it's optional to
use this suffix. You can say only "Ben Ahmet".
|
(Ben) Ahmet'im. |
I am Ahmet. |
| (Sen)
Ahmet'sin. |
You
are Ahmet. |
| (O) Ahmet'dir. |
He
is Ahmet. |
| (O) Ayşe'dir. |
She
is Ayşe. |
| (O) (bir)
kedidir. |
It
is a cat. |
| (Biz) Ahmet ve
Ayşe'yiz. |
We
are Ahmet and Ayşe. |
| (Siz) Ahmet ve
Ayşe'siniz. |
You
are Ahmet and Ayşe. |
| (Onlar) Ahmet
ve Ayşe'dirler. |
They
are Ahmet and Ayşe. |
NOTES:
Turkish has no gender.
kedi
= the cat
bir
= a/an, one
There is no article in Turkish
like the/der,die,das/ el, la...
Don't forget apostrophes between
proper nouns and suffixes.
Suffix "-im"
changes according to vowel harmony.
|
Ben Ahmet'im |
Ben Hasan'ım |
Ben Gül'üm |
Ben Uğur'um |
| Ben |
-(y)im |
-(y)ım |
-(y)üm |
-(y)um |
| Sen |
-sin |
-sın |
-sün |
-sun |
| O |
-dir |
-dır |
-dür |
-dur |
| Biz |
-(y)iz |
-(y)ız |
-(y)üz |
-(y)uz |
| Siz |
-siniz |
-sınız |
-sünüz |
-sunuz |
| Onlar |
-dirler |
-dırlar |
-dürler |
-durlar |
VOCABULARY
We'll ask you to study a number of words in each lesson.
|
BABA |
FATHER |
| ANNE, ANA |
MOTHER |
| BÜYÜKANNE,
NİNE |
GRANDMOTHER |
| BÜYÜKBABA,
DEDE |
GRANDFATHER |
| DOKTOR
|
THE DOCTOR |
| KEDİ |
THE CAT |
| BİR
|
A/AN, ONE |
| VE
|
AND |
EXERCISES
Exercise A: Translate to English:
1) Ben Ali'yim.
2) O (bir) babadır.
3) Onlar Ali ve Gül'dürler.
4) O (bir) annedir.
5) Sen (bir) büyükannesin.
6) Siz Ayşe ve Cem'siniz.
7) Biz Ahmet ve Hasan'ız.
Exercise B: Translate to Turkish:
1) We are Mehmet and Özgür.
2) I am a mother.
3) She is a grandmother.
4) They are İsmail and Elif.
5) You are Hasan and Murat.
6) You are a grandfather.
SOLUTIONS
Solutions of
Exercise A
1) I am Ali.
2) He is a father.
3) they are Ali and Gül.
4) She is a mother.
5) You are a grandmother.
6) You are Ayşe and Cem.
7) we are Ahmet and Hasan.
Solutions of Exercise B
1) Biz Mehmet ve Özgür'üz.
2) Ben (bir) anneyim.
3) O (bir) büyükannedir.
4) Onlar İsmail ve Elif'tir.
5) Siz Hasan ve Murat'sınız.
6) Sen (bir) büyükbabasın.
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