Turkish Private Lesson

🇹🇷 Turkish Dialogue Explained with Emojis & Grammar 🇹🇷

🇹🇷 Detailed Turkish Dialogue Breakdown 🇹🇷

👋 Naber?
English: “What’s up?”
Full Form: “Ne haber?”
Grammar: This is a common contraction in informal speech. “Ne” means “what,” and “haber” means “news.” The question is in the nominative case. The verb “to be” is omitted.

🌍 Hayat nasıl gidiyor?
English: “How is life going?”
Grammar: The verb gitmek (to go) is conjugated in the Present Continuous Tense (-(I)yor). This tense is formed by adding -iyor to the verb stem git-. It is used here idiomatically, similar to the English expression “How’s it going?”

👍 Hayat devam ediyor fena değil.
English: “Life goes on, not bad.”
Grammar: devam ediyor is a verb-noun compound (etmek). “Devam” is the noun (continuation), and “etmek” is the auxiliary verb (to do). fena değil uses değil to negate the adjective “fena” (bad).

✅ Herşey yolunda.
English: “Everything is okay.”
Grammar: This is an idiomatic expression. “Yol” means “road/path.” The locative case suffix -da is added, becoming yolunda (“on its path”). No verb is needed.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Ailen nasıl?
English: “How is your family?”
Grammar: Aile-n uses the 2nd person singular possessive suffix -(n) (“your”). The verb “to be” (is) is hidden but understood.

😊 Ailem de iyi.
English: “My family is also good.”
Grammar: Aile-m uses the 1st person singular possessive suffix -(m) (“my”). de is the conjunctive adverb meaning “also, too, as well.” It is written separately from the word it follows.

🗓️ Yarın mümkün olursa nereyi gezmek istersin?
English: “If it’s possible tomorrow, where would you like to visit?”
Grammar: mümkün olursa is a conditional clause. “Olmak” (to be) is conjugated in the conditional mood (-sa/-se). nere-yi uses the accusative case suffix -i because “where” is the direct object of the verb “gezmek” (to visit). gezmek istersin is the desire tense (-istemek).

❓ Nereye gitmek istersin?
English: “Where would you like to go?”
Grammar: Nere-ye uses the dative case suffix -e (“to”). The dative case indicates direction. The -er suffix in ister translates to “would like” or “want to.”

🏙️ Gaziantep’e ya da Maraş’a gitmek isterim.
English: “I would like to go to Gaziantep or Maraş.”
Grammar: Gaziantep'e and Maraş'a use the dative case suffix. ya da means “or.” gitmek isterim is the desire tense with the 1st person singular suffix -im.

🤔 Neden Antep?
English: “Why Antep?”
Grammar: Simple question structure. Neden means “why.” The subject is implied.

❌ Çünkü ben Antep’e hiç gitmedim.
English: “Because I have never been to Antep.”
Grammar: ben is the subject pronoun “I”. Antep'e uses the dative case -e (to). hiç gitmedim uses the negative -medi past tense. The suffix -me is the negation suffix attached directly to the verb stem git- to create gitme- (not to go). The past tense suffix -di and the personal suffix -m (I) are then added, forming gitme-di-m (I did not go). Hiç reinforces the negation, meaning “never.”

🤩 Antep’i merak ediyorum.
English: “I am curious about Antep.”
Grammar: Antep'i uses the accusative case suffix -i. Merak etmek is a common noun-verb compound (to be curious), conjugated in the -(I)yor tense.

🍽️ Orada yemekler çok lezzetliymiş.
English: “I hear the food there is very delicious.”
Grammar: Orada uses the locative case suffix -da (there). The reported past tense suffix -miş on lezzetliymiş indicates hearsay, meaning the speaker learned this information from someone else.

👂 Gitmedim ama insanlardan duydum.
English: “I haven’t been but I heard from people.”
Grammar: Gitme-di-m again uses the negation suffix -me + past tense -di + personal -m. İnsanlar-dan uses the ablative case -dan (from people). Duydum is the past tense of duymak (to hear).

👵 Annen Almanya’ya gitti mi?
English: “Did your mother go to Germany?”
Grammar: Anne-n (your mother) uses the possessive suffix -n. Almanya'ya uses the dative case -a (to). The question particle mi comes after the verb gitti.

📢 Ben bu bilgiyi senden duydum.
English: “I heard this information from you.”
Grammar: ben is the subject pronoun “I”. bilgi-yi uses the accusative case -i. senden uses the ablative case -den (from you). duydum is the past tense of duymak.

🗣️ Şefik’in annesi Almanya’ya hiç gitmemiş.
English: “Apparently, Şefik’s mother has never been to Germany.”
Grammar: Şefik'in annesi uses the genitive case -in (of) to show possession. hiç gitmemiş uses the negative reported past tense -memiş for hearsay. The structure is verb stem git- + negation -me- + reported past -miş.

👤 Şefik’ten duydum.
English: “I heard from Şefik.”
Grammar: Şefik'ten uses the ablative case -ten (from Şefik). duydum is the past tense of duymak.

🎯 Ben bu bilgiyi direkt biliyorum ve sana aktarıyorum.
English: “I know this information directly and I am conveying it to you.”
Grammar: bilgi-yi uses the accusative case -i. biliyorum is the present continuous tense of bilmek (to know). sana uses the dative case -a (to you). aktarıyorum is the present continuous tense of aktarmak (to convey).

📚 Ben senden öğrendim.
English: “I learned it from you.”
Grammar: senden uses the ablative case -den (from you). öğrendim is the past tense of öğrenmek (to learn).

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Vocabulary Learned in This Lesson (Turkish Private Lesson)

Turkish listening quiz
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Sentence structure in Turkish is different from many other languages. Arrange words in the correct order to form meaningful sentences.