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looking for someone to help me with my turkish
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10 Jun 2008 Tue 10:47 pm |
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Merhaba. Iyi akşamlar. Nasılsın?
I am marrıed to a wonderful Turkısh man and we are lıvıng here ın the UK. We have been marrıed for 10 months and although I have been learnıng lıttle bıts of turkısh I feel that ıts not enough for me. I want to be able to fluently contact wıth my husband ın hıs own language lıke he does wıth me ın Englısh.
I'm lookıng for anyone out there (females only please) who would be so kınd to help me wıth my turkısh. Whether you are a turkısh woman ıt doesn't matter but no males please as I am happıly marrıed.
I'm also curıous as well at how other people learnt turkısh
teşekkürler ederim
louise
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13 Jun 2008 Fri 10:18 pm |
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I could help if you want 
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15 Jun 2008 Sun 09:26 pm |
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Quoting louiseaydinli82: Merhaba. Iyi akşamlar. Nasılsın?
teşekkürler ederim
louise |
Just two corrections;
if you are addressing to people (more than one person), you should use the plural you "siz" form and the suitable suffixes:
nasılsın << singular
nasılsınız << plural
another thing is;
thank form in Turkish is either "teşekkürler" or "teşekkür ederim". Not only "teşekkür" neither "teşekkürler ederim". Maybe yours is acceptable in some ways but odd.
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19 Jun 2008 Thu 12:56 pm |
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Can I ask, what are the things you would like to learn?
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 04:45 pm |
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Hi Louise,
It's frustrating isn't it. You are by no means alone.
I'm in exactly the same boat. Married for just over a year to a lovely Turkish man and I still have not mastered it. I'm absolutely desperate to chat with mum-in-law and family but cannot and whenever I'm in Turkey the frustration of it all upsets me terribly. I came back from Turkey 4 days ago and this time ... THIS IS IT. I have to do it now. Hubby has vowed to help me more and I must keep up the motivation to learn.
Good luck Louise, it is hard and if you need to speak to another like you, please don't hesitate to mail me.
Best wishes
Jo
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 05:02 pm |
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I can't believe you guys can't learn! Several of us on this site have had to teach ourselves with no help from any other Turkish speakers. I started with a grammar book-Teach Yourself Turkish and learned the grammar rules,how to conjugate verbs etc. Since then I have bought more grammar books and I read, read and then re-read.
After about two years I am competent enough to communicate whilst in Turkey and do translations on this site.
I'm so jealous that you have your own live-in tutors! Just get on with it!
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 05:56 pm |
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Just out of curiosity, why is that big ambition to learn turkish? Where does it come from?
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 06:02 pm |
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Quoting mltm:
Just out of curiosity, why is that big ambition to learn turkish? Where does it come from? |
If you're asking me,I have no idea. I started so that I could say some things to people I know there, then I got hooked. Anyway at my age learning keeps the brain active.
It has also been invaluable on subsequent visits there especially in Eastern Turkey.
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 06:05 pm |
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Hi Sonunda
Believe me I'm trying to learn. I work long hours and come home to look after a house, 3 men and a dog. Trying to find time after my hectic life is a struggle. Thank you for your support, I will get on with it.... and I will do it.
Thank you
Best wishes
Jo
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03 Jul 2008 Thu 06:49 pm |
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Quoting ~ Ozcelik ~: Hi Sonunda
Believe me I'm trying to learn. I work long hours and come home to look after a house, 3 men and a dog. Trying to find time after my hectic life is a struggle. Thank you for your support, I will get on with it.... and I will do it.
Thank you
Best wishes
Jo |
I wish you well,I forget that some people don't have as much free time as I do!
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