How to speak Turkish

Here's some fun phrases just in case anyone ever finds themselves vacationing in Cappadocia, Istanbul, Izmir, Anatolia-- or Turkey in general.

Merhaba or Selam : Hello

Naber? : How are you? ( but this actually slang, "Ne haber?" -- "What's the news?" ) --> when speaking formally, it's "Nasilsin ?"

-- moving forward

tessekkuler
(Te-shek-koo-ler): Thanks!
-- or easy way "Sagol" ( sa-owl -- the g is silent)

Serefe!!! (she-re-fe) : CHEERS

ne demek? : How do I say,

salak!! : Idiot !! or Stupid!

cok ayip!! (choke ah-Yip) : Shame on you !!

Seviyorum (sev-I-Yor-um): I love you

Seni isteyorum (sen-I is-Te-Yor-um ): I want you

Ben iyi bir kIzIm: I am a good girl
or for the guys
Ben kotu bir adam : I am a bad man

This should be enough to get you started- and make your vacation fun and exciting. Another tid-bit of information from your friendly neighborhood Arien.

Thanks folks.

LMAO!!

I like that part:
(cracks knuckles)

Naber g?zelim. İşler g??ler nasıl? Nerelisin. Napıyorsun. Neredesin. Ne işin var buralada. Adın ne? Ortalıkta durup milletin kafasını niye karıştıyorsun?

LMAO!!

Now deciphier it.

Haffocim!

You said:
Hey beautiful. How're the things? Where are you from? What are you doing? Where are you? What brings u here? What's your name?

(the last part is between you and me babes *winks* 😉 )

My response:
Ben carmen. Benim Turkce kotu. Ben bir kur. Sen soruyorsun cok sorular. Ben senin kafa karistirmam 😉

**MUCK** **MUCK** Haffo !!

Good job.

Let me correct what you wrote.

Ben Karmen. Benim T?rk?em k?t?. Ben birinci kurdayım (you learning Turkish?). Sen ?ok soru soruyorsun (bad girl LOL). Ben senin kafanı karıştırmıyorum (ok ok, that part was just a joke). Hehehe.

Nice.

ehhhh... ayip ettin yani. 2 ay oldu baslayali CD setinden calisiyorum!!!

I was learning Turkish, until I went back to school. When school ends in May, I haven't decided if I want to pick up Turkish again-- or just learn Espanol! I'll probably study both-- but only truly be fluent in Spanish.

Are you Turkish?

Merheba efendim...

Oh and, response to: (bad girl LOL)

Didn't you see— Ben IYI bir k_z_m!!!!

Merhaba efendi.. nasilsiniz?

Qbone, siz de Turk musunuz?

yok efendim.... briaz biliurum..🙂

turkceyi nerede ogrendiniz?

Ok... lol.. i give up... lived in turkey for 3,5 years
🙂

Wow people. You all know Turkish soo well. Hey, I bored from English. Lets speak Turkish. No wait, lets make this DXP fully Turkish.

2seizeTheDay:

Evet ben T?rk?m. Istanbul'da oturuyorum.

2Qbone:

Naber ko?um? İşler g??ler nasıl?

LMAO.. I give up too.. if we speak Turkish, haffo-- it will be a VERY short conversation. Istanbul, huh? **MUCK** **MUCK** Haffo !! (kisses for both cheeks) You must have been surprised when I sent my post.

"kisses for both cheeks"

Yo! Favourite Turkish kissing. Nice. Granted 😄

"You must have been surprised when I sent my post."

Yes very.

You see it is also hard for me to speak on English and I experience that "short conversation" alot. Why dont we put it on middle ground and use English+Turkish LOL.

AAAaahyaaaah.. where are my manners... Added to my list above to those of you who are still beginners and are still holding on to this conversation:

Memnum oldum: Nice to meet you.

Bir sey degil: You're welcome.

**MUCK** **MUCK** Qbone for joining in.

We can try some english+turkish hybrid.. it will keep me on top of my game, I guess. Sharpen some of the things I've learned.

OK some words for you. They are priseless:

?n?ne bak ?k?z!: Watch where you stepping dumb.

Sinir etme adamı!: Dont make me mad, or I will turn badly.

Dangalak: Dumba $ $

Oh.. I have learned a few bad ones

ibne!!: (explicate deleted)

esssek: donkey?

hayvan: animal?

ibne: transsexual (mean word)

eşşekoğlu eşşek: son of donkey (just eşşek is not always bad, it also used to call normal
donkey)

hayvanoğlu hayvan: son of animal (same, just hayvan is also not used always as bad word)

hadi ordan dallama : get off, stupid?

Ok here somes:

sittir git! : fuc* off

motor: transexual (but it also used as normal engine)

yarrak kafalı: dic*head

FOLKS.. the above part of the lesson is for the bar--

oh.. and if you ever come across a hooker-- you can say, "kac para?"

hadi ordan dallama: is used when someone is talking from distance something bad about you. Sort of "get lost dumba $ $ ".

LMAOoooo-- oh my!

Haffo, I won't make many friends if I go to Turkey and these are the bulk of the words I know..

ka? para yavrum?: how much baby.

hepsi senin mi?: used to tease girl in very mean way (meaning: is all your yours?)

Hmmmmmm... you should like a pro. 😉
agzina sicayim Haffo **muck** **muck**

Something for you when you shopping:

Bunun ?l??s? ne?: Whats size is it?

Hediyesi var mı?: Lol, women like it like hell. Meaning: Does it have present?

Ka? taksit?: When you buy something with Credit Card, bank can divide your payment for several month. This way you ask how many month you can pay for it.

Kargosu var mı?: Does they lift stuff to your home.

tesekkuler

is the lesson over? Is that all you got for me?

I will stop now. I tought it was funny, so I continued. I may misunderstood if you said to me stop before. Sorry sometimes my English suck. I hate being in such situation as well, but nothing can do for now.

No no no.. my turkish sucks... maybe I said the wrong thing-- I was trying to say, "thanks you're helping me out a lot". I DO think this is funny. I haven't been able to practice with anyone in so long, my Turkish got horrible. I forgot what things meant and stuff.

Did I say something wrong?

Also haffo,

Your english isn't so bad. I had a few Turkish co-workers-- when I first met them, I could never understand what they were saying (and they were speaking English!!) . They liked to show-off to me, using BIG English words-- but using them incorrectly.

So far, you've been able to keep up very well with conversation- and invoke some interesting conversations yourself. I was pleasantly surprised to find that you are from Istanbul. I am hoping if I decide to seriously begin learning Turkish again, you could help?

LOL- but I won't hold you to that!

OMG. Sorry.

"is the lesson over? Is that all you got for me?"

I understood it like "ok you made funny of me enough, dont you think it is time to stop it?".

You want to learn Turkish, great. Could I help? Sure.

And you can treat me to some tulumba and tea!!

Yoyo, Tulumba Tatlısı and Tea!!!

http://www.hacibozanogullari.com.tr/resimler/urunler/ozellikler/tulumba_tatlisi.jpg<BR>
Its great. My favourite is ayva tatlisi (quince).

Here it is:

http://www.haciabdullah.com.tr/Rehber/Yemekler/ayvatat.gif<BR>
Quite costy by the way. Almost 4 $ per portion LOL.

$ 4 !!!!!! WOW.. so expensive!

MMmmm.. there are several Turkish restaurants not far from me. I'll be sure to ask about ayvatat! There's even a Turkish bakery that I've visited a few times. Oooooh.. the desserts are delicious-- and dangerous!! How do you resist??!!

"How do you resist??!!"

Resist? That is off-topic now LOL.

Those people know what they are doing. Otherwise, do you really believe that people would pay 4 $ for that?