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Turkish is a member of Ural-Altaic language family, and it’s phonetic, that means each letter has a never-changing sound value. Wherever you see the vowels and consonants, they always give you the same sound.
 A a – as in cut  M m – money
 B b – bridge  N n – nice
 C c – jam  O o – open
 Ç ç – church  Ö ö – bird
 D d – dear  P p – people
 E e – egg  R r – rain
 F f – feel  S s – simple
 G g – get (always hard)  Ş ş – she
 Ğ ğ - not pronounced (prolongs preceding vowel)  T t – tiger
 H h – hard (always pronounced)  U u – food
 I ı – very similar to open  Ü ü – as in French tu
 İ i – bin  V v – very
 J j – pleasure  Y y – yellow
 K k – cat  Z z – zebra
 L l – lemon  
Numbers
1 – bir 11 – on bir 30 - otuz
2 – iki 12 – on iki 40 - kırk
3 – üç 13 - on uç 50 - elli
4 - dört 14 - on dört 60 - altmış
5 - beş 15 - on beş 70 - yetmiş
6 - altı 16 - on altı 80 - seksen
7 - yedi 17 - on yedi 90 - doksan
8 - sekiz 18 - on sekiz 100 - yüz
9 - dokuz 19 - on dokuz 200 - iki yüz
10 - on 20 - yirmi 1000 - bin
Phrases
Hello – Merhaba
Good Morning – Günaydın
Good evening – İyi akşamlar
Good night – İyi geceler
Welcome – Hoşgeldiniz
In Turkish, we have a reply to “welcome”, we say “Hoşbulduk” meaning “happy to be here, happy to find you well”.
Thank you – Teşekkür ederim, teşekkürler, sağolun
Please – Lütfen
You’re welcome – Bir şey değil
My name is ... : Benim adım ....
What’s your name? – Senin adın ne?
How are you? – Nasılsın?
I’m fine, thank you – İyiyim, teşekkür ederim.
Very well – Çok iyi.
Yes – Evet
No – Hayır (pronounced as “higher”)
Excuse me / Pardon me – Affedersiniz.
What? – Ne?
How? – Nasıl?
When? – Ne zaman?
Who? – Kim?
Why? – Neden?
Which one? – Hangisi?
What time? – Saat kaçta?
How much? – Ne kadar?
Hot – Sıcak
Cold - Soğuk
Big – Büyük
Small – Küçük
Water – su
Wine – Şarap
Beer – bira
Milk - Süt
A big bottle of water – Bir büyük şişe su
A small bottle of water – Bir küçük şişe su
Red wine – kırmızı şarap
White wine – beyaz şarap
A bottle of red wine – bir şişe kırmızı şarap
A glass of white wine – bir kadeh beyaz şarap
Tea – çay
Coffee – Kahve
Turkish coffee – Türk kahvesi
With milk – sütlü
Without milk – sade, sütsüz
With sugar – şekerli
Without sugar – sade, şekersiz
A cup of tea, please – bir fincan çay, lütfen
Two cups of coffee, please – iki fincan kahve, lütfen
The bill, please – Hesap, lütfen!
 
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