Sunday, October 9, 2011

Turkish 100 or so basic words

after                   ——sonra                        again                 tekrar
all                       hepsi                               almost                hemen
also                    hem——de/da                 always               her zamen
and                     ve                                    because of         ——dolay ısıyla
before                 önce                                big                     büyük
but                      ama                               can (v)               (v) bilmek
come, come in     gelmek, girin                  do/make             etmek/yapmak
find                     bulmak                           first                    bir inci
friend                  arkadaş                           go                      gitmek
good                   iyi                                    good bye            güle güle (to one leaving)
goodbye            allahaısmarladık (to stg)   happy                mutlu
have [not]           (pos) + var [yok]            hello                  merhaba
here                   burada                            how                   nasıl
how much/many  nekadar/kaç                 if                       (v)+sa/se
in, at, on             -da/-de                           from                  -den/-dan
to                       -e/-a                               know                 bilmek(fact) tanımak(person)
last                     son                                 like                      hoşuma gidiyor(ler)
love                    sevmek                           look, look for      aramak, bakmak
many, too many   çok, çok fazla               more                 daha fazla
most                    ençok                              much                çok
new                    yeni                                  fresh                taze
old                      eski                                   only                 sadece
other                   başka                               or                    veya
one piece            bir parça                          people              insanlar
place                   yer                                   please              lütfen
same                   aynı                                  see                   görmek
some                   bazı                                 sometimes         bazan
still, yet                hala                                 tell                    söylemek
thank you            teşekkür ederim, sağol  then                 sonra
there is——         —— var                            thing                 bir şey
think(opnion)       düsünmek                    this                   bu
time                    zaman, vakıt                  under               altında
use (v)                kulanmak                       very                  çok
what?                  ne?                                  when?               ne zaman?
where?                nerede(n)                       which?              hangi?
who?                   kim?                               why?                niye?/niçin?
yes/no                 evet/hayır

     There are certainly errors on this list.  I'll try to correct them as I find them.  See posting "The 100 word list" for how I use this list.  As always if you have questions, comments, criticisms or corrections, click on "comments" below.

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