Yes, it is kg. Also we use the Turkish words kilogram, gram, metre, kilometre etc. with Turkish pronounciation.

Kilogram is usually shortened as "kilo".

"Sen kaç kilosun?"
"Ben 80 kiloyum."
"Bugünlerde çok kilo verdim."
"Çok kilo aldım."

Merhaba Tazx1,

I wouldn't worry at all about spoken language. Instead I would read and then read more. You can completely ignore spoken Turkish until the very end. Improving vocabulary and getting used to sentence structure is the key.

Basically there are two ways to learn a language. One is the communication based strategy where you learn dialogues and phrases and talk about simple subject related to real life issues and the other is the text based strategy.

If reading is easier for you than talking then I would say the best thing to do is continue reading and ignore talking completely. When you have a vocabulary around 3000 words and you are used to sentence structures (which comes again with reading) then speaking will be just a small addition you need to add at the end. You need to keep the progress. You can not stop now because speaking looks difficult to you.

When you master the written language good enough you will start speaking as if you were speaking Turkish all your life.

I choose the text based strategy myself when I was learning English. I started at the age of twenty four. I was reading Sherlock Holmes books a few months after I started as a complete beginner. I studied little grammar but I read a lot. I think grammar is tiring down learners. You don't need too much grammar. If you understand the sentences that you read, then your grammar is sufficient.

When compared to written language, spoken language looks very poor to me.



Deli_kizin,

The second sentence should have "aileleri" instead "ailelerin".

Korktuğu comes from korkmak (to be afraid of, to fear) while korkutan comes from korkutmak (to scare, to make them fear).

Çocuk kaçırma, zengin ailelerin korktuğu bir suçtur.
Child abduction is a crime that rich families fear.

Çocuk kaçırma, zengin aileleri korkutan bir suçtur.
Child abduction is a crime that scares rich families.

Niçin, niye and neden are all very common question words and usually they are considered interchangeable. Neden has a wider usage since it can be an ordinary noun (the cause)that takes case suffixes (nedeni, nedeniyle, nedenden dolayı etc.) or together with olmak, "neden olmak" (to cause) it can be a verb.

Apart from those extra usages, as a question word it is pretty much close to the other two. There is a discussion about this subject here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Turkish-FL/message/981

I'm not very sure what defines which one we pick in a certain situation. I think the etymological differences are nowadays not the factor. I belive when we pick one of them we make the desicion according common phrases. Certain words go better together than others. For instance we usually say "neden olmasın?" (why not?).

To me the question word niye also implies a little more casuallity and opposition. In a casual speech when you disagree with something you tend to use niye, implying a little disagreement. You were probably hoping that the oppsite would happen.

On the other hand this subject is very tricky. Most of the time changing between neden, niye or niçin is perfecty fine.

Now I can hardly fit to the door entry where two of us were sitting comfortably when I was a child. It looks like we are left on our own as we grow older.

Masrafları paylaşmıyor musunuz? Konut giderleri her zaman önceliklidir. Ben bu şekilde biliyorum.

Ayasofya, which is a museum today, was built by the Byzantine emperor J in the 7 th century.

Bügun müze olan Ayasofya, 7 yüzyılda Bizans İmparatoru J tarafından inşa ettirildi.

So this church is the oldest building in Istanbul that is(still) standing.
İşte bu klise İstanbul'da bugün hala ayakta olan en eski binadır.

A lot of legends and fairy tales are told about Ayasofya.
Ayasofya hakkında çok efsane ve masal vardır.

There is a column inside of it that is always wet.
İçinde her zaman ıslak olan bir sütun vardır.

People who can not have children, stick their finger in a hole in the column, and then touches their face with their wet finger.

Çocuğu olmayan kişiler o sütundaki bir değile parmaklarını sokup sonra da ıslak parmaklarıyla yüzlerine dokunurlar.

Mesajını alınca kendimi çok kötü hissettim. Tam da şimdi dua edip geldim. Onlar için dua ettim. Bu duruma çok üzüldüm. Allah aileye yardımcı olsun.

Şiirin oldukça yumuşak ve zarif. İçinde bir parça hüzün de var. Hani, o anın geçip gittiğini, geride kaldığını ve asla tekrar geri gelmeyeceğini bilirsin.