Haplo
First talk in Turkish :) - smart learning Merhaba! I went to this site: http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/turkish.php And get some phrases to keep me going in Turkish (at the same time I started a course, but I would like to get some answers faster :)) I will put these thread in questions also, not sure where its most correct It's nice to learn those new words, but can you explain to me why there are like that structured? I mean in the first verse everything is known Merhaba, Selam Hello Nasılsın? (inf) How are you? (ending "in" is for personal ending, am I right? İyiyim sağol, sen nasılsın (inf) I'm fine, thanks. And you? (can you tell me what is "i am" and what's "fine" İsmin ne? (inf) What's your name? and so on... Just to know how these few expresions works would be great... I really would like to know that language, but I don't like rote memorazation :( İsmim ... (inf/frm) My name is ... Nerelisin? (inf) Where are you from? Polonya lıyım I'm from Poland Memnun oldum Pleased to meet you
Jul 29, 2014 6:58 PM
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My (ben-im)
Your (sen-in)
His/her/its (onun - i
Our (biz-imiz)
Your (Siz-iniz)
Their (onlar-leri) 

Some examples for you , let´s look at ´house´ which is ´ev´ in turkish

My house - benim ev-im - evim
Your house - senin ev-in - evin
His house - onun ev-i - evi
Our house - bizim ev-imiz - evimiz
Your house - sizin ev-iniz - eviniz
Their house - onların ev-leri - evleri

When you use them , you dont need to say or use to " benim when you say "benim evim" Just evim is enough to say it in Turkish . 

´Car´ which is ´araba´ in turkish

My car - benim araba-m - arabam
Your car - senin araba-n - araban
his car - onun araba-sı - arabası
Our car - bizim araba-mız - arabamız
Your car - sizin araba-nız - arabanız
Their car - onların araba-ları - arabaları

Have you noticed that in ´my house´ for example, we wrote it as ´evIm´ but when we wrote, ´my car´ we wrote it as, ´arabaM´ and we left the ´ı´ out.That´s because the last letter of ´araba´ is a vowel ´a´ so we must drop the ´ı´ off the personal suffix. So instead of ´arabaım´ we just say, ´arabam´. Did you also notice that with for example, ´his car´ we wrote it as, ´arabaSı´....we added that letter ´s´. That again is because of the vowel at the end of ´araba´, we are simply just separating the vowels. It's a bit confusing but you'll understand it with time and with pratice :)

Good luck !

 

July 29, 2014

I (ben) am (yim) fine (iyi).    (we are fine biz iyi yiz, you are fine sen iyi sin)

(ben iyiyim, sen iyisin, o iyi, biz iyiyiz, siz iyisiniz, onlar iyiler)

I am fine, you are fine, he/she/it is fine, we are fine, you are fine, they are fine)

 

İsmim ... (inf/frm) My name is ...    (my-benim name-isim/ my name-benim ismim is-dır ...... 

 

July 29, 2014
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