When ordering food in a restaurant or in a shop, it is enough to simply ask for the food you would like and add the Turkish word for please – lütfen – on the end. It is considered perfectly polite.
| English |
Turkish |
Pronunciation |
| Restaurant |
Lokanta |
lo-can-tah |
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* Traditional Turkish restaurants may be called restaurant or, in some cases, lokanta
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| Menu please |
Menü ütfen |
men-oo lewt-fen |
| Price list |
Fiyat listesi |
fee-yot lis-tesi |
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* It is always good to ask for a price list first. If they do not have one be wary.
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| Waiter! Excuse me! |
Garson! Bakar mısınız? |
bakar-muh-suhn-uhz |
| Cheers! / Good health! |
Şerefe! |
sher-ef-eh |
| Wine list please |
Şarap listesi lütfen |
shah-rap lis-tesi lewt-fen |
| Two beers |
İki bira |
ee-kee beer-ah |
| White wine |
Beyaz şarap |
bey-az shah-rap |
| Red wine |
Kırmızı şarap |
kur-muh-zuh shah-rap |
| Tea |
Çay |
chy |
| Coffee |
Kahve |
kah-vey |
| The bill |
Hesap |
hes-up |
| That´s enough |
Yeter |
yeht-uhr |
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* This is a useful word if they bring out the meze tray – you may find that the waiter brings a huge tray of starters to the table without you having ordered them. It is custom to stop him, choose what you want and send the rest back. Yeter is a helpful word for this.
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