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why are you laughing?
1.       Johnk
468 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 10:51 am

Merhaba

 

When i first started trying to speak turkish in Turkey people would often laugh!But in a nice way and then help me.Nowadays this happens only occasionally.

But I would like to know how to say the following if it does happen

You are laughing at my turkish!

Why are you laughing at my turkish?

I would be saying these sentences as a joke and not telling someone off!!

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2.       deli
5904 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 11:16 am

Türkçeme gülüyorsun

neden Türkçeme gülüyorsun

 

my try:



Edited (6/23/2013) by deli

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3.       LonsingerAmber
34 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 11:35 am

Speaking Turkish with a British accent would be hysterical, if you didn´t bother

imitating precisely a Turkish dialect, kesinlikle being your cure for the others´

giggles.  Like Japanese, Turkish place much vurgu over the vowels.

Perhaps you are speaking it gürültüyle Gürültüyle! Or too quickly.

This language is meant to be spoken softly, slowly.

If you speak Turkish with a French accent, using too much guttural sounds,

that would make them laugh and turn them off.

4.       Johnk
468 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 11:38 am

Cok tesekkur ederim Deli

Looks good to me and I think easy to learn.

5.       Johnk
468 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 12:02 pm

Hi Lonsinger A

At the moment I am working very hard on my pronunciation, especially the vowels.I know if I don´t get the pronunciation correct I will not be understood.Iam improving and as I have said there less occasions when turkish people laugh!!So yes I try to speak slowly and it does work.

6.       burakk
309 posts
 23 Jun 2013 Sun 01:58 pm

because bad turkish speakers are very cute

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