my turkish exams:

speaking, (time to be arranged).
reading, 15 may
listening, 19 may
writing, 22 may

i have more exams as well.. i would really appreciate any help.. please...

Are the Turkish GSCEs difficult in England? In Holland they are not more difficult than the German and French ones, which are actually really easy.. they are quite superficial and you get graded on your oral exam for 2 things:

- Pronunciation (im sure you speak real fine
- Your ability to make yourself understood in that language (so if you speak LOTS, but with lots of grammar, but still can be understood, its quite fine, but if your grammar is perfect but you dont speak lots, its also fine. As long as a French person would be able to understand my French without difficulty, I can pass easily. Im sure you can make yourself understood very well in Turkish

If i were you i'd try to find GCSE exames of the previous years and see how you'd pass with those

I wish you lots of luck and i advise you to drink Sahlep when you are in Turkey. I drank it with Kadir and he told me what it was:
The tubers of flowers of the Orchidacea family are gathered, cooked and then dried. From these dried things, the Sahlep powder is made. If you boil it with milk and sugar, it becomes creamy and sweet. You can put cinnamon over it to make the taste stronger. It is really nice, sweet, good for your throat..typically from winter. The flowers grow high in the mountains and are quite rare if im not mistaken. For this reason Kadir doesn't drink it much, but took me to drink it, as we don't have it in Holland
It's really nice and said to be an aphrodisiac as well.
Marasch icecream is also made from the same sahlep.

the turkish GCSEs dont seem too hard here.. hopefully i'll be ok..

anyway.. thanks for your advice on the "salep" hihi.. maybe i will try it..

I'm sure u'll be ok.. but i think you just want to pass with high grades I would want too. My school doesn't offer Turkish classes, but others in Holland do. I've printed their exams to study myself, but I can really see that it is made for people who had 3 years of Turkish lessons (you get them 3 years), so right now they are way too difficult for me.

I'm gonna practise with them next year, so that once i speak Turkish, i can subscribe to do an exam in Holland as well and get an official state certificate.

Lots of luck, again. I'll think if you when I'm doing my Greek exam at the day of your oral

Hehe You can check this link, Elisa, if you'd like to know more THIS link obviously

It's not really comparable to the Dutch system, as our divisions are different in secondary education. I don't know about belgium, but we go straight to University after Highschool and already did the A-levels there and don't need to go to college. (this is ofcourse if you did the pre-unviersity-education at highschool)

I think GCSE would be kinda comparable to a quite well passed exam of a HAVO-student in Holland. I don't know if there's HAVO and VWO in Belgium tho

1.
düşeyazdım= i almost fell is this correct?

2.
i have been given this example, is it correct? tam onun hakkında konuşmaya başladığımı zaman tam kapıyı açtı
surely, it would bebaşladğım zaman and only the first tam used..?

3.
i have been given these examples, are they correct?
a.
dansın başlamasıyla ışıkların sönmesi bir oldu= no sooner had the dance started, the lights went out
b.
ankara'dan geri dönmemle paris'e hareket etmem bir oldu= no sooner had i returned from ankara, than i left for paris
c.
seda'nın odaya girmesiyle telefonun tekrar çalması bir oldu
d.
hasan'ın ahizeyi yerine koymasıyla telefonun tekrar çalması bir oldu
e.
onu görmemle tanımam bir oldu
f.
yabancının bahçe kapısını açmasıyla köpeğin ona havlaması bir oldu (bod )

4.
i have been given these examples, are they correct?
a.
her ne zaman ingilizce konuşmaya başlarsam arkadaşım gülerdi= whenever i started to speak english my friend used to laugh
b.
ne zaman şarkı söylesem kız kardeşim derhal odadan çıkar
also, does it make a difference here whether we use, say, söylersem or söylesem ??

5.
these correct?
a.
ona her rastlayışımda kendisini sinemaya götürmemi ister= every time i meet her she wants me to take her to the cinema
b.
sirke her gidişimizde çocuklarımız dondurma satın alır(lar)

6.
these correct?
bunca= all of this
onca= " " that
bunlarca " " these
onlarca " " those

here are some eg. i have been given,
bunca kediler uzun kuyruklu(dur)
onca gazeteler dünkü
bunlarca dergi

in regards to the 1st one, wouldnt it be bunca kedi because bunca already stresses plural.

7.
another given eg. ...correct?
lütfen bana saygısızlık etme= please dont disrespect me

8.
hehe.. does this mean quit bitching..??
kancıklanmayı bırak

9.
is this the correct translation of what's this called... bunu adlandırılması nasıldır.. dont laugh at me.. but it sounds a bit long..?

10.
gözbebeği= pupil of the eye
so why on earth do people say this to each other in love songs..?? :S hihihi

11.
is this the correct translation of is her father rich or is he rich... babası zengin mi zengin ??
is the commonly used?

thanks in advance.. and remember the title of this thread when ur helping me... you know you love me hehe

"gözbebeği" is used to show the importance and popularity of something. Beyond popularity usually the thing or person that is called as "gözbebeği" is taken care of very much. Apart from love there's a strong affection.


İstanbul Türkiye'nin gözbebeği. meaning that İstanbul is very popular and taken care very much.
Küçük Ayşe, öğretmenlerin gözbebeğiydi.

In this sense "gözbebeğim" is used as a an addressing but not just between lovers, it can be for anything.