I hadnt seen ur old msg til now sorry! hope ur flu is over now
But y do u say the course I ordered is for beginners? no it's not! well yes, it is.. lol but only the 1st book.. it says *complete turkish course*.. so it must b a complete course, from beginners to an advance level.. actually I couldnt find anything better, n surely I wont buy any books for learning turkish in at least.. hmmm 2 or 3 years

go on with ur turkish canım (btw my turkish is not that good, believe me )

I think the most difficult (apart from the vocabulary...) is the wide use of participles, infinitives....etc, we are used to say conjunctions, relatives...etc but, in turkish, there is no "subordinates"....etc, we have to use "verbal" nouns, adjectives.... i'm not used to this form of syntax, and it makes me misunderstand spoken turkish.....it seems like latin

Hi to all!
I'm a new member in this site. Few weeks ago I decided to learn Turkish and I looked up all sites which teach you about this language. One of the best is this one, is a great way to get started! An ampliation of the grammar would be even greater.
I just wanted to say that I too bought that book of "Teach yourself Turkish". I just barely started working on in, but I think is a very good book. I don't have the CD's though, but it's still useful.
I don't know if I could recomend it because I haven't read anythng else abut this subject, but, if you want to learn Turkish in a dynamic way, I think that's the book. At least, is the author's philoosophy!
By the way, thanks a lot for this great site!
Eva

I had a funny way of learning word order which i'd like to share.

I have some Turkish friends who write, text and email me in English. They often write their English in the word order they would use in Turkish. Because I have so much contact with them, I have kind of got used to the word order they use when writing English and so when i construct a Turkish sentence, I have a pretty good idea of the order from their (mistaken) English word order. OK its not fool proof, but its one of those 'practical' methods that has worked for me.

Still, you will need to get some English speaking Turkish friends to use this method

Lyndie, I know that it can sound very funny when you translate a turkish sentence literally into english - as far as the word order goes . Can you give a couple of examples?

NYMpheva "teach yourself turkish" is the best book u could have chosen I think it's the best, really! and if u had got it together with the cd's it would b still better!

XEST I understand u perfectly, turkish is a mess with all those adjectival verbs and so on.. but now I understand everything pretty well with the help of that Turkish Grammar I bought. It's not very cheap but it's worth every € (:

Thank you Sertap, i will look for it

rica ederim! btw I'm sorry, I called u xesT instead of xesC

Hello everyone
I’ve just discovered this site......and that’s what I probably need
Actually i have been learning turkish almost for 2 years ! Doğu fakültesinde okuyorum
I have classes 4 times a week (!), just think about it, but i still don´t speak turkish !!!!!!
I speak english and german fluently, i don´t have any problems with it, i can easily watch TV and listen to the music! I learn spanish for a year, and it´s not a problem to speak it
But turkish! I don’t know what to do, i know grammar and enough words, but
Still i can’t talk to people!
Why?????? I’m absolutely broken and about to give it up........ Turkish is my main specialisation
atAt the University, I would never imagine, that learning turkish is such a difficult thing
What to do?

eslava, the only way to learn to speak a language is to speak it to a native speaker. there is really no other way. have you tried that? turkish is really not such a difficult languge. what is your native language?

Hi,
I am really struggling and I wonder if anyone can offer any help. I am living in Turkey with my husband (turkish) and I have been trying to teach myself Turkish since September. The only problem is I have dyslexia, and while I have learnt coping techniques in english I just can't seem to traslate them into Turkish with the sounds and things being soooo different.
My husband is getting really annoyed with me, I dont think he understands how difficult it is for me, I think he thinks I just dont care and am being lazy. He offers to buy me books but reading really does no good for me. I keep asking him if we can find a teacher for me but he says it's impossible and when he has attempted he just wants me to write things down and read them later on my own.
I am at a loss. I really want to learn. I hate going everywhere and relying on him to translate. Does anyone have any techniques for learning which I might be able to use?
Thankyou Sinead x