Merhaba Frank

Hi Frank may your life be spared, I know about you are very upset because your mother`s lost; I lost my  father at his 70 years, my mother died after few years because Alzheimer; there were very hard moments for us; I wish you happy days. I read what you have wrote very easy; I congratulate you for  turkish you have learned

Reyhan Hayati

from Denizli with lot of greetings

Hello, Frank,

I want to express my condolences, Frank. I know the sorrow one feels after losing his mother. My father also passed away at the age of 70. My mother after some years got the Alzheimer´s disease. We had a lot of difficulties, too. I am also looking forward to seeing you in happi(er) days.

I read what you have written without any difficulty. You have learned Turkish, congratulations.

Reyhan Hayati

Many Greetings from Denizli.

Hello, elenagabriela, you were quicker.

Good translations guys..i just wanna clarify the phrase ;

in turkish script there is typo in " başın sağolsun "

its a phrase that is said to someone who loses his/her relatives/friends.

Literarlly ;

baş = head

başın = your head

sağ = alive

olsun = let it be, may it be

so that would be [lit] ---> May your head be alive. [ May you be alive]

that means " My condolences to you "

Thanks, tunci. I guess we disagreed with elenagabriela about one thing. Was the mother still alive or not?

Thanks to Tunci Gabriella and Abla. I will post a respose to the Email hopefully you can help with the translation.

...stil alive.

yes, you are right..I have thought it was öldü instead of oldu....benim suçum bu, kusura bakma