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bod, share your impressions on the trip!
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 02:47 pm |
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hi, bod!
i remember when you were going to leave for turkey, you had some doubts about understanding the native speakers. please, share now your experience and impressions, if you don't mind 
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 02:56 pm |
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 02:57 pm |
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Quoting rena: i remember when you were going to leave for turkey, you had some doubts about understanding the native speakers. please, share now your experience and impressions, if you don't mind |
My doubts were well founded......
When we arrived at the hotel, Hale remembered us from last year and Sam told her I was learning Türkçe. Immediately she said "gunaydın" which I did not understand when I heard it spoken 
Although my ability to understand spoken Türkçe has improved quite a bit whilst in the country, this has not been as much improvment as I had hoped......but I might have another opportunity to improve this October
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 02:58 pm |
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Quoting scalpel: I,too, would like to hear about his experience and impressions |
I am hoping to find time to write and upload an essay about the trip and my experiences - especially cultural and linguistic experiences. Watch this space 
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:00 pm |
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looking forward to 
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:06 pm |
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The other thing I found about spoken Türkçe was that I found it difficult to say even simple sentences. Talking to my doggies is very different to talking to Turks!!! The doggies show the same level of understanding whether I get the sentence correct or not
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:27 pm |
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Quoting bod: The other thing I found about spoken Türkçe was that I found it difficult to say even simple sentences. Talking to my doggies is very different to talking to Turks!!! The doggies show the same level of understanding whether I get the sentence correct or not |
If floss dog hasn't picked up any türkçe yet she must be the most confused animal on this planet I am looking forward to hearing your story bod
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:33 pm |
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My experience is that I can manage in shops, on the street asking for directions, but when the moment comes that I ask a question and someone replies, most of the time I'm totally lost
Mind you, it's easier for me to speak Turkish to a total stranger than to people I know.. Their English is too good, that is one reason, and I my level of Turkish is so low, such a poor vocabulary. I always had like stage fright when saying something in Turkish to people I know :-S
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:39 pm |
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Quoting Elisa: I always had like stage fright when saying something in Turkish to people I know :-S |
Exactly! But not only to people i know. To EVERYBODY! I was so embarassed to speak Turkish, although I understood (sometimes) what they were asking me. And then I was feeling so bad that even in their 'günaydın' I was replying with a 'good morning'.
I think that when I ll get over the fear of being humiliated cause of my stupid accent, only then I ll really learn how to speak this language. The same problems I used to have with English too :-S
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29 Aug 2006 Tue 03:47 pm |
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I remember walking in the street where my friend's house is situated, and a lady in a car stopped and asked me something in Turkish. I could understand something, she must have asked for directions, or about the street (since it is a dead-end street). It was so unexpected that all I could say was "bilmiyorum" and then I entered my friend's house. That woman must have thought I was a complete idiot, "living" in that street and not knowing anything about the neighbourhood 
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