Lesson Three - S-Z

Now that you've learnt everything up to and including r, let's learn the rest of the alphabet:

1 S
2 Ş
3 T
4 U
5 Ü
6 V
7 Y
8 Z


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S

Or se. Pronounced like the s in see.

For example:

• soğan - onion
• salam - salami (a Turkish delicacy)
• sel - flood

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Ş

Or şe. Pronounced like the sh in shout.

For example:

• şey - thing
• şarap - wine
• şişe - bottle

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T

Or te. Pronounce like the t in tea.

For example:

• tabak - plate
• tavsiye - recommendation
• televizyon - television

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U

Pronounced like the ou in the French word boum.

For example:

• uçak - plane
• ucuz - cheap
• ufak - small

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Ü

Pronounced just like the German ü, or the u in the French expression, "j'ai perdu".

For example:

• ürün - product
• üç - three
• üzüm - grape

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V

Pronounced like the v in vase.

For example:

• Vikikitap - Wikibooks (Ws are transliterated as Vs in Turkish, therefore Wiki would be transliterated as Viki, and the word kitap means book)
• vazo - vase
• Venedik - Venice

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Y

Where's the w and x? Turkish also doesn't have these letters. Y is pronounced like the y in in you.

For example:

• yarın - tomorrow
• yarım - half
• yukarı - above

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Z

The final letter of the Turkish alphabet. Pronounced like the z in zoo.

For example:

• zeytin - olive
• zil - bell
• zehir - poison

So, you've managed to learn the alphabet! Well done! Before you move on to the real lessons, though, please take a look at a useful grammatical note by clicking "next" below.

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  Fahmymania 6 month(s) ago

  I think the alphabet is different,But by practice,I can get it.

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