Sorry for the mistakes in english, I'm very tired to write perfectly.

I think it is a good idea to use song lyrics to help you learn Turkish. Lyrics are probably the easiest things to remember - if you like the songs

I also love to listen Tarkan and... Ibrahim Tatlises, and I become happy to see here another who likes Ibrahim songs.

Do you like Kayahan? I also like his music.

It's a good idea to use songs in order to learn, and in other courses of different languages it's used, and, due to that most people starts learning a language in order to understand the songs of some loved artist, it would be fun,
but, it can be complicated for beginners. The songs language is de poetry language, and, usually, it's hard to understand, because it uses idioms, changes the words order...etc, and some songs could be usefull, but, the mostly part could be difficult to beginners.

I realized it today, translating a tale (tales are another option); I was used to translate songs, and, that was very difficult to me, and, todey, with that tale I realised that Turkish grammar, specially sintax, isn't as difficult as I thought.

Selam Aleyküm

Selam to all
i advice u all to lestin to sezen aksu
if you want to know more about her just go there

http://www.sezen-aksu.com/
love you all
ahmed

hi xesc,

i read ur post about songs
do u know somethimg maybe it is true that songs ate difficult sometims but dont u realize that songs keep in ones mind and it cant be forgetted
especiely if u like a singer..
for me do u know what happen? i love ibrahim's songs too much thats afact but when i learn something new i rmember the new word in one of ibrahim song so i dont forget it.

Yes, it's true, and thus songs are used in language courses; myself i started translating Baris Manço songs, and also Tarkan and Ibrahim. Because of it, the mostly part of vocabulary that I know is ask, kalb, sevmek, unutmak...etc hehehhe.

If you love the artist the songs are useful, and a very beautyful manner to learn, I only wanted to tell these, if you haven't the necessary things, as a good dictionary, grammar, and guides about street uses of the words and idioms, and the culture, sometimes the songs could be confusing.

But, if you have the necessary methods, you do learn more things that only the grammar. Do you know "Ne faydasi var?", to understand it completely, it's necessary to know the stories about Leyla and Mecnun and Kerem, and, i love very much it, because I don't only want to learn a language, I wanna learn a culture.

But, for some beginners, it could confusing, and it's better to know firstly the basics; i.e., the use of -yom instead of -yorum...in some songs (i.e. Neset Ertas) that form is used, and would be preferable to know completely the form -yorum and, after, to know -yom.

Selam!

i see yes u r right i always say that the most interested thing in language is not words only but the new things u know about people who u r learning there languages but about macnun leyla i hadn't a trouble because arab people know the same story.

Selam Alyaa; http://www.idobay.com/index.html it's a web about Ibrahim Tatlises with songs, pictures and films (but i can't see the films), can be interesting

heyyyyyyy everyone... i like tarkan also but not a fan .. OFCOURSE he is sexy ohhh my god... hehehe...But most of all i like Gulben Ergen if anyone know her.. she is the best and ALSO IBRAHIM TATLISES, who doesn't like his songs??

i know her
ofcourse gulben ergen who forget
selam yalnizlik ben geldim, i dont remeber the name but most of her songs r nice also
kut kut atiyor kalbim/

and did u see her latest song;git??

yes I also like Gulben.. (although some time ago i thought "Gulben" & "Gulsen" were the same person lol now i know they arent.. i love "kandiramazsin beni" & "uçacaksin"!!

wht about Burcu Günes? u like her?