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1.       Sweet_Paradise
73 posts
 08 Sep 2011 Thu 07:28 pm

Merhaba, 

Does anyone know a good turkish language book I could buy from online from somewhere like Amazon. A book that has grammar and vocabulary units.

Thanks. 

2.       Henry
2604 posts
 09 Sep 2011 Fri 07:11 am

 

Quoting Sweet_Paradise

Merhaba, 

Does anyone know a good turkish language book I could buy from online from somewhere like Amazon. A book that has grammar and vocabulary units.

Thanks. 

 

"Teach yourself (complete) Turkish" by Asumen Pollard (version with audio CDs) is still one of the best books for starting Turkish in my opinion. (It has questions and answers provided) 270 pages. 

"I study Turkish by myself" 1 and 2, by Hakan Yılmaz (207 & 194 pages) also with lots of exercises and answers, available from Dilmer via the net

"Turkish Grammar" by Geoffrey Lewis is a good but expensive grammar reference book, but it was written years ago in 1967 (300 pages) No exercises to do, but plenty of sentence examples and translations

"Turkish in Three Months" by Bengisu Rona (Dorling Kindersley) (cost 45 TL in Istanbul) with exercises and answers (272 pages) 

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3.       Sweet_Paradise
73 posts
 09 Sep 2011 Fri 02:53 pm

Thanks very much 

4.       Mavili
236 posts
 10 Sep 2011 Sat 03:55 am

 

Quoting Henry

 

 

"Teach yourself (complete) Turkish" by Asumen Pollard (version with audio CDs) is still one of the best books for starting Turkish in my opinion. (It has questions and answers provided) 270 pages. 

"I study Turkish by myself" 1 and 2, by Hakan Yılmaz (207 & 194 pages) also with lots of exercises and answers, available from Dilmer via the net

"Turkish Grammar" by Geoffrey Lewis is a good but expensive grammar reference book, but it was written years ago in 1967 (300 pages) No exercises to do, but plenty of sentence examples and translations

"Turkish in Three Months" by Bengisu Rona (Dorling Kindersley) (cost 45 TL in Istanbul) with exercises and answers (272 pages) 

 

I´ve heard it on good authority that the Geoffrey Lewis books are wonderful for Turkish learners. I had discounted it (wrongly) as not possibly any better than some out there because it was written by an English professor. However, his commemorative obituary Here in the Sunday Times explains why he was so darn good with Türkçe.  Now, Ive got the book on my Amazon wish list. 

I took a look at the Dilmer website. I have to say the Dilmer Turkish course and school looks great and fun! I wish all of us learners here could all enroll and learn together.Smile I´d like to find a way to get copies of those books by Hakan Yılmaz.

5.       Abla
3648 posts
 10 Sep 2011 Sat 11:14 am

Thank you for the interesting link, Mavili. The obituary describes an exceptional personality with great acchievements but a humble character, always ready to learn. Turkish Grammar seems to me the culmination of his life work. It´s a very clear survey of the language structure where the author shows that he knows all the details but is qualified enough to guide the reader into what is essential. To be honest, I never noticed the book was so old until Henry mentioned it here. Maybe a native would have seen it from the examples but from the learner´s point of view it looks like it was published yesterday.

I wouldn´t be too much concerned if the writer is native or not. Not on the level of scholarliness that Professor Lewis represents. Only in one point of grammar, relative clauses, he on purpose chooses the English grammar concepts as his starting point. He apologises this in the beginning of the paragraph but soon convinces the reader that the choice was made for the learner´s best interest.

I couldn´t help noticing one thing: the article mentions that this respectable professor was never too proud to offer his help as a translator when people were in trouble...

6.       si++
3785 posts
 10 Sep 2011 Sat 11:57 am

Not for the beginners but the works of Gerard Clauson on Turkish language is noteworthy.

 

Especially his Etymological Turkish dictionary is frequently referred by many linguists.

7.       Sweet_Paradise
73 posts
 10 Sep 2011 Sat 02:12 pm

Hi all. I actually found free pdf copies of most of the books and accompanying mp3 files on www.4shared.com - just type in the name of the book and download. I guess you don´t have to go to the book store these days to buy anything However I did buy teach yourself Turkish because it is nice to have the book in front of you too!

8.       Henry
2604 posts
 10 Sep 2011 Sat 02:20 pm

 

Quoting Sweet_Paradise

Hi all. I actually found free pdf copies of most of the books and accompanying mp3 files on www.4shared.com - just type in the name of the book and download. I guess you don´t have to go to the book store these days to buy anything However I did buy teach yourself Turkish because it is nice to have the book in front of you too!

 

Well done!   (aferin in Turkish) Smile

9.       Abla
3648 posts
 11 Sep 2011 Sun 11:43 am

So thoughtful of you, Sweet_Paradise. I don´t understand how this world works any more when everything can be shared for free, but I don´t care because you solved a big problem from me. I´m going to be travelling soon and I was just wondering which is worse: to spend half my money in the bookstore or to make a quarrel with my library and finally be banned from there. Thanks for the hint.

At this point of learning I would like to have a simple school grammar in my hand to get acquainted with the terminology. Funny as it may sound but I would like to learn how to speak about Turkish in Turkish.

10.       si++
3785 posts
 11 Sep 2011 Sun 12:31 pm

 

Quoting Abla

So thoughtful of you, Sweet_Paradise. I don´t understand how this world works any more when everything can be shared for free, but I don´t care because you solved a big problem from me. I´m going to be travelling soon and I was just wondering which is worse: to spend half my money in the bookstore or to make a quarrel with my library and finally be banned from there. Thanks for the hint.

At this point of learning I would like to have a simple school grammar in my hand to get acquainted with the terminology. Funny as it may sound but I would like to learn how to speak about Turkish in Turkish.

 

Yes it sounds like a good idea to get something for free. But in the end we are all stealing somebody else´s hard worked hours without paying him anything. I don´t think he´s happy with it. In the end, he will stop producing anything if he will not get paid. That´s what happening in the Music industry for example. We don´t hear many new great tunes anymore.



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