Lesson 2 - Do you know English?

Objectives:

In this lesson you will learn:

• How to ask people if they know your language.

• How to ask Yes-No questions in Turkish and how to answer

First, Listen to the conversation 1 time without seeing the text. Just try to grasp the words. Don’t worry if you don’t understand or get anything.

Now have a look at the conversation text below and play while seeing the text.

Merhaba,

İngilizce biliyor musunuz ?

Maalesef.

Tamam. Teşekkürler.

Merhaba

“Merhaba” is a greeting means Hello. Also Selam can be used (informal). Review previous lesson for more information.

İngilizce biliyor musunuz ?

Do you know English?

İngilizce is English. Can be  any other language like Arapça (Arabic).

Biliyor means know.

“bil” is the root, means know. The rest are suffixes.

“yor” is for present continuous time. (in Turkish know can be in continuous)

musunuz is a question suffix means do you  if you attach it to a verb and means are you if you attached it to adjective or noun.

doktor musunuz ? means “are you a doctor? “.

biliyor musunuz ? means “do you know ?”.

Arapça  biliyor musunuz ? means “do you know Arabic ?”.

Opera biliyor musunuz ? means “do you know Opera ?”.

Maalesef

Means sadly or unfortunately . It is the “No”  reply to yes/no questions.

Typical answers could also be:

Evet. means yes.

Hayır. means no.

Maalesef means Unfortunately.

In our example you can also add the word I know or I don’t know. Check the following:

Evet biliyorum                              Yes I know.

Hayır bilmiyorum                        No I don’t know

Maalesef bilmiyorum                Unfortunately I don’t know

Tamam. Teşekkür ederim = Well. Thank You

Tamam means well.

 “Teşekkür ederim”, “Teşekkürler” and “sağol” have the same meanings. But “sağol” is informal. You can also say “sağolun” for the formal meaning. If we arrange them from formal to informal: Teşekkür ederim [most formal] > Sağolun > Sağol [less formal]

*Check previous lesson for audio and more explanation about this part.

Now you can express

• Say

  • I don’t know Turkish.

  • Thank You.

  • You are welcome.

• Ask

  • Do you know something/someone

• Replay with Yes,no,unfortunately and little.

Your turn.

Hey, you must speak though. If you heard tons but you did not speak, this won’t be effective. Let us hear you now.

If you are interested, , Join our Facebook page and send us voice message for you saying the following:

https://www.facebook.com/speaktr

• I don’t know turkish ?

• Do you know Arabic (Arapça)?

• Do you know Ataturk?

• I don’t know Ataturk.

• Do you know Egypt (mısır)?

• Yes I know Egypt.