Who knows Turkish or who wants to learn..:) ?

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As a specialist, mneme, I am very content. Smile

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Turkish translation please
What does the exact sentence "Adin ne?" mean? and what would be a proper response to it?

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I want to learn Turkish!
Does "Adin ne?" mean "What is your name?"

I want to at least have basic skills at speaking Turkish.. someone help.. please

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oranjkittie,
"adin ne?" means exactly that in turkish. But it"s the informal version. You can simply say your name and add "seninki?", which means "yours?"

If you want to be more polite, you should ask " adiniz nedir? " and give the full answer, " benim adim irem, sizinki nedir ? "

Was it helpful or did I mix it all?

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Selam.
Benin adin fbaezer.

Welcome to a2k, oranjkittie and irem.

Irem, tesekkürler.

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hey, I am from turkey too Smile

(well, i live in germany, but it doesn't matter; does it? )

well, i can teach furthermore...

just ask.

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I would like to learn

"Yes it is excellent hash, but it's a little pricey"

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bu cchok eeyi bir ot, ama bir az pahali. (this is how you read it)

bu cok iyi bir ot, ama biraz pahali. (and this is how you write)

bye for now.

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prayer you made my day.... Very Happy

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I am here for it Wink

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I can count from one to five, but could you teach me six to twelve?

Thank you Wink

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bir (beer-1), iki (e-kee-2), üc (üch-3) (u here is with dots, like the u in "muse"), dört (read it as if you were a german Smile

4), beş (besh-5), alti (al-ti 6), yedi (yeah-dee 7), sekiz (se in "second" - keez 8), dokuz (do-cooz 9 ) on (on -10), onbir (on-beer 11), oniki (o-nicky 12)

onüc
ondört
etc etc etc...

twenty = yirmi (year-me)
thirty = otuz (o-tooz)
forty = kirk (that is hard Smile

: that is only one syllabel; you should pronounce every letter the way in english, but "i" is like the end of "michael"
fifty = elli (ell-lee)
sixty = altmis (alt- mish) (you should pronounce every letter the way in english, but "i" is like the end of "michael")
seventy = yetmis (yet-mish)
eighty = seksen (sek-sen)
ninety = doksan (dock-san)
hundred = yüz (yüz (muse with "y")

I hope it helps Smile

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Gunaydin Prayer. I love yr country - am a frequent visitor and it is great to see another Turkish person on this site !!

Welcome !

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We had a Turkish phrase book all round Turkey when we visited a few years ago and found people so helpful and kind! We had a flat tyre in a tiny town and while it was being repaired, the owner of the workshop gave us fruit from his orchards, and tea. We found a phrase book, English, and scraps of German, French and even Hindi were enough to get us about, although it would have been much more satisfying to talk properly to the people we met. Lots of tourists from England and Germany go to the resort areas and their only experience of the people is hassling by carpet sellers and barmen who speak their language - such a pity.

If I went to Istanbul, would there be Turkish lessons available? I run a school of English in England, would there be schools of Turkish in the same way?

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Thank you!

That 'i' must be like the dutch 'i' in a word like 'ik' (I).
That sounds like the english 'i' in for example 'think' or 'in'.
Is that right?

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D1Doris wrote:

Thank you!

That 'i' must be like the dutch 'i' in a word like 'ik' (I).
That sounds like the english 'i' in for example 'think' or 'in'.
Is that right?

sorry but no Smile

I explained the pronunciation here:
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16359
message no. 14 or so.

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Gautam wrote:

Gunaydin Prayer. I love yr country - am a frequent visitor and it is great to see another Turkish person on this site !!

Welcome !

Thank you, it is nice to hear that Smile

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Clary wrote:

We had a Turkish phrase book all round Turkey when we visited a few years ago and found people so helpful and kind! We had a flat tyre in a tiny town and while it was being repaired, the owner of the workshop gave us fruit from his orchards, and tea. We found a phrase book, English, and scraps of German, French and even Hindi were enough to get us about, although it would have been much more satisfying to talk properly to the people we met. Lots of tourists from England and Germany go to the resort areas and their only experience of the people is hassling by carpet sellers and barmen who speak their language - such a pity.

If I went to Istanbul, would there be Turkish lessons available? I run a school of English in England, would there be schools of Turkish in the same way?

Turkish people, especially the people in small towns and villages are very hospitable. When they have visitors, they become so happy and serve them with all they can. If you are to stay there for a night, they would give their best room and bed with a great joy. It is so tragic that every year several million tourists come to turkey but only a few have the chance to see these... The most go to resorts and stay at hotels and lie on the beaches and deal with the carpet sellers... So unlucky they are Smile

and to your question:

There are several schools in Istanbul giving turkish lessons for the foreigners. Same way? Actually I don't know. I can't make a comparison but there are such schools. But I am no foreigner as you know Wink

try google or another search engine, maybe you can find something about the language schools in turkey.
Or can I be of any help?

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Thank you, Prayer, for your kind offer of help. I can't go to Turkey at the moment, but it is such an attractive country that I would like the opportunity to be there for a while.
And I think that Turkey should be in the European Community, and I hope it will be in the next decade! Smile

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-Prayer- wrote:

D1Doris wrote:
Thank you!

That 'i' must be like the dutch 'i' in a word like 'ik' (I).
That sounds like the english 'i' in for example 'think' or 'in'.
Is that right?

sorry but no

I explained the pronunciation here:
http://www.able2know.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16359
message no. 14 or so.

Ok now I'm a bit confused...
That message is about the "pointless"-i.
Isn't there a 'normal' i then? I thought there was... and if I'm right about that, then how do you pronounce that one??

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