I used ´Teach Yourself Turkish´ by David Pollard and it´s worked wonders, although obviously it can´t cover everything. But it does go into detail on grammar which is essential in my opinion.

Hey guys...

Having a lot of trouble here, getting very frustrating. I understand the "dik" suffix and it´s meaning, however, I can´t figure out which contexts to use it in. Does anyone know any links to lessons regarding it´s usage?

For example, I know something like "gittiğim zaman" means "when I go", so would "yarın gittiğim zaman, arabayı sürebilir miyim?" make sense?

I´ve been told it´s more correct to say something like "yarın biz gidince, arabayı sürebilir miyim?"


Is there a rule of thumb I can stick to?

Can someone translate and explain the translation for me into English please?

Thanks guys.

Oops. I meant 'göndermek' (Send)..

It should say 'Sorry, I sent the wrong message'

That was me practicing. Not sure if it's completely right though.

özür dilerim, yanlış mesajı gösterdim.

Ok guys, little help needed.

When you add the above endings onto the short infinitive of verbs, can you only use them in the past tense?

For example (These might be wrong..):

çalışdikten sonra, televisyonu seyrettim
(AFTER working, I watched the television).

çalışmadan önce, yatağa gittim.
(BEFORE working, I went to bed)


Is it possible to use these types of endings for present tense or future tense phrases? The English equivalent would be "After working I'm going to bed". Or, "After I have flown, I'm going to sleep".

Hey guys, I'm having trouble understanding when it's appropriate to use 'olarak'.

I know in English it's meaning is roughly translated as 'As'... for example: turist olarak gidiyorum (I'm going as a tourist - forgive minor mistakes.. learning).

However, in what other contexts can it be used? I wanted to say "I'm happy as a student"... and thought saying "ogrenci olarak memnunum" would make sense, but apparently it doesn't... why?

How come you get to study Turkish at your college?

Usually the cheapest flights are with KLM, going from a local English airport to Amsterdamn than transfering onto a flight to Istanbul.

Title...

They're 'Goddamn' because I'm half obsessed over them and it's half the reason I want to go back to Turkey so bad. :@

I'm sure they won't mind

I was listening to the Duran Duran song Rio today and it reminded me of those goddamn Turkish girls. They're so beautiful. The first thing I saw at Teesside airport was a fat blonde girl... it was something I expected. I hope to God I get to go back to beautiful again soon.

By the way I'm male just incase anyone was wondering. This forum seems predominately female.

Yeah I guess moping doesn't help, but I mean I might possibly be doing a gap year next year in Istanbul so that will be pretty cool.

Alot of Turkish women seem to like English men too. Whether or not that's because they think they're rich I don't know, but there's a Turkish girl I like that I only get to see once a year. Sucks to live in England.

I think I only have a British birth certificate, born in England (I'm not sure how it all works).

^ I'm in sixth form college (I'm 17, 18 in November)... trust me, if I could go back... I would.

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Man that would be a sweet placement.

You guys reckon if I get stuck in to as much Turkish as possible for a year, aswell as watching TV, and practicing with my Turkish-speaking mum, I could get almost fluent come next summer? I might be taking a gap year in Turkey, and I'd love to be able to communicate fluently with half my family anyway. I can already speak abit of Turkish... like past, present, future, if, with all the basic stuff and quite a decent vocabularly, but nowhere near fluent.

Ok, I just got off from a month long holiday in Turkey on the Saturday night, and I just can't get over it... it's depressing as hell being back in England. I really do love the country way more than this puddle of depressing shit England. Arriving to Iskenderun at 8am the day of our flight from Adana back home really summed it up for me, seeing everyone out and about, all hustle and bustle, walking down the seafront etc, at the kebab stalls rofl. Then coming to a dreary English town and seeing it virtually empty you know... there's just no comparison. There's also a girl over there that I'm obsessed with that lives over the other side of the road... she flirts strangely from time to time but she is goddamn pretty.

Anyway, anyone got any tips to get over this holiday (Get rid of my holiday blues, if you like), and re-adjust to live in pissy England?

Ok guys... I've recently learnt that not only do I love Turkey, but I would like to be there as much as possible. In light of this, I'm thinking of taking a gap year in Turkey, and applying for University a year later than normal. It'd be good if people could offer me advice as to how I could actually make this work... you know like, is it possible for me to just stay in Istanbul for the year and renew my visa every three months? Are there opportunities to help with English teaching or something, perhaps even to assist me financially? I heard that alot of places in Turkey are desperate for native English speakers.

Thanks for any advice and help in advance.

Hell, I wish I could move to Turkey and stay there... but I have NO idea how I could do that without getting a citizenship (My mum's Turkish).