Mutlu yeni yil (Happy New Year)

Happy new year :D


One more year has been pasted, finally new year came to us.
I hope every your wishes and hope will become true.

Also, I am planning to learn more active and specialized skills for Turkish.

I heard at Istanbul Culture Centre has great classes for basic Turkish learners.
It's gonna be exciting :)

Plz go for this web site, get some great information for Turkey and have fun :)

 Christine Yildiz

Turkish Vocabulary

Merhaba :)

Today, I will introduce some vocabulary in Turkish!

First, Family vacab.

* Father : Baba
* Mother : anne
* Sister (Younger & Older) : Abla
* Brother (Younger & Older) : Abi
* Sibling : kardes
* Cousin : Kuzen
* Uncel : dayi
* Aunt : teyze
* relative : akraba

Second, day words.

* Monday : Pazartise
* Tuesday : Sali 
* Wednesday : Carsamba
* Thursday : Persembe
* Friday : Cuma
* Saturday : Cumartesi
* Sunday : Pazar

For the next steps are weather and date !

Iyi gecelar :)

 Christine Yildiz

Normal conversation in Turkish

Iyi aksamlar!

Today, I will post some normal and general conversation in Turkish.

First, let's ask something.


*What is this/it? : Bu ne?
*This/it is a book : Bu bir kitap (Turkish doesn't have any article like English.)
*Where are you going? : Nereye gidiyorsun?
*I'm going to go to a school. : Ben okula gidiyorum.
*How old are you ? : Kac yasindasiniz?
*I'm ...... years old : Ben ..... yasindayum.
*What did you say?/Pardon? : Ne?
*Yes : evet! / Tamam.
*No : Hayir
*You're welcome! : Rica ederim
*I don't know :Ben bilmiyorum.
*Hello? (On the phone) : Bakar misiniz?


If you learn these expressions, it gonna be easy and funny to talk with Turkish :)

-Christine Yildiz-

Attraction in Istanbul

Good Afternoon :)


Istanbul has a great harmony between Aisa and Europe. It is a cultural melting pot. The east side of Istanbul, there is black sea and the west side of Istanbul, you can see Mediterranean sea. The common weather of Istanbul is not too hot and humid.
The sun is very strong but you don't be annoyed by the weather. Although the hot weather, you can feel the best fresh air from the Mediterranean sea.

The most famous attraction in Istanbul is Hagia Sophia. In English, Sophia church . In every single moive or drama , the back ground image of Turkey is Hagia Shphia from Istanbul.

Hagia Shphia.

Ayasofya is the other church in Istanbul. Historically, there are lots of religious and cultural structures and architectures.

There are lots of information about Turkey on the internet, let's keep looking for them!

-Christine Yildiz-



Attraction in Turkey

Merhaba,

For several posts, I will introduce some famous places in Turkey.

I've been Turkey, and it was amazing experience. Still I had problems with communication, but speaking skill is not only communication way. Using body language is the best way to express your opinion in abroad.
I stayed in Ankara which is th capital of Turkey. Ankara is a good place too, but if you want to visit Turkey once in a lifetime, you should go to Istanbul :)

In Istanbul, you can taste the world best food, the greatest spots, and attractions, and culture too :)
For next post, I will introduce one pace by one place slowly.

Cheers :)

 Istanbul *-*

Counting Number in Turkish

Merhaba :)

Today, I will post Number in Turkish.

One : Bir (beer)
Two : iki(ee-kee)
Three : us (ewch)
Four : dort (durrt)
Five : bes (behsh)
Six : alit (ahi-tuh)
Seven :  yedi (veh-dee)
Eight : sekiz (she-keez)
Nine : dokuz (doh-kooz)
Ten : on (ohn)

So, Let's keep making word using these words.

Eleven : on bir (on beer)
Twelve : on iki (on ee-kee)

When you combine words together, you can make any number vocabulary :)

-Christine Yildiz-

Turkish Idoim

Hello ?

Today, I will tell you some of Turkish idiom. Some of them were already posted before, but It is really useful for speaking and also when you go to Turkey, It's not hard to use in various situations.

*Help yourself : Afiyet olsun!
*It was really delicous (After meals) : Eline saglik!
*Take care yourself : Yolun acik olsun !
*Nice job, Good job : Aferin !
* It's okay : Canin sag degil!
*Good bye or bless you! : Gule Gule!
*Good luck : Rasgele!

How are they? Fabulous!
For the next post, It will be fun too :)

-Christine Yildiz-