I think I put : önce hiç ingiliz kız arkadaşın .....or something like that! he understood in the end at least. I tried to do it myself,and that is what I came up with.....you know what they say....you learn by your mistakes

Teşekkürler the answer was no!

How can I say: have you ever had and English girlfriend before? please.

As Turkish is a phonetic language, you will not have a problem with speaking it. Once you have learnt the alphabet,(which is very easy) you can beging to put a sound to words.

When I say that I can have a short telephone conversation, it is only very basic, for example:

Merhaba sevgilim = hello darling
nasilsin = how are you
iyiyim Teşekkürler = I'm good thanks

I then pick out words that I know from what the person is saying to help me to understand what they are saying.

Get yourself a good dictionary, that has been no end of help to me.

Remember to start at the basic level of Turkish, and not try and jump ahead, or you will confuse yourself with the way a sentence is structured

Merhaba Nida,

This fantastic site has all you need to start learning Turkish, the people who are on here are wonderful, and will help you in any way that they can. You should start at the begining of this site.... http://www.turkishclass.com/basicMain.php

I have been learning Turkish since September, and am really enjoying it. I have long way to go, but already I can have a conversation on the telephone, and understand some written text.

I make it a priority to try to learn something new every day. Good luck with your learning! If I can be of any help let me know

Teşekkürler Aussie

I can't find in the dictionary how to say "properly" in Turkish. I know the word is proper.

Çok teşekkürler

Merhaba class,

I received a message last night, I sort of know what it say's, but a proper translation would be good. I was feeling ill yesterday so I got this.......

Nasil oldun keske yaninda olsaydim sana yardim ederdim senin hasta oldugunu duyunca çok üzüldüm kendine iyi bak fazla yorma.

Thank you both for that