I am really thankful to all people that contributed to these lessons, Erdinc, Catwoman, Caliptrix n Admins..

I have a big question: when is the exam??

Will we have a  Revision before?

an Evaluation of all homeworks, to know how is our "durum"?

Hello,

DOes anyone know what visa is easier n shorter to obtain for a Turkish citizen,

VISA  for Spain or for  Italy ??

If my husband applies for another country visa same time with one of the 2 countries mentioned above, could he get the visa for 1 of them?

Thank u soooo sooo much

hello everybody,

I lived here long enough to tell you that in Mersin, even my mother in law when she was young could wear mini skirt....

n her mom never wore a veil...so..

i think women have problems of gender discrimination in Eastern parts of Turkey...

or in non educated families...

Anyway, it is also true that here women have to ask permission of their fathers, brothers or husbands sometimes to do different things, which are normal to do without even telling in European countries..

for example, give private lessons to a man...if u are a teacher...i can tell u that 99 percent of men will say a big NO

yarin galiba

i THINK tomorrow it will be open

cos 1st section was open on 11, Tuesday...

hello,

can i participate too?
i m really interested in all lessons

what should i do to subscribe to them?

thank u
oana

Hello,
i m also interested in the 6th Aug lesson.
do we see eachother or just hear?

thanks in advanced , Oana

lütfen bizi rahatsýz etme problemin kiminle ise onunla konuþmayý dene rica ediyorum artýk mail atma

PLease, do not disturb us, talk your problems with the person concerned, I am asking you not to send mails anymore.

my dears, can i ask you to help me with this:
it is a stamp put by a notary, i need help from Tk to En

Isbu suret ASLI GIBIDIR onaylarim.
Harc ve degerli kagir bedeli makbaz karsilkginda alinmistir

thank you, it is so urgent, that i can concentrate myself

I am thinking of the day we.ll be reunited, my sweet I love you very much, my love i.m filled with admiration for every drop (atom) of your lips

I kiss you, take good care of you

Your believer

I send you my love


(i am biginner, so i know i ll be corrected, i just wanted you to have an idea)

hi, I am a Romanian lady living in Turkey sooo
I really think u should take SuiGeneris advises!
no train, no boat on winter time especially!
buses are ok,
visa u get on the Ataturk Airport, as long as u dont have in ur luggage anything forbidden...
12 $ on June..

Drum bun si vacanta frumoasa!
Oana

If u have a Tk ID in that one it is written that u can work??
if no, go to the authority that issued that kimlik
i paid around 500 new tk lira in June...

MY unknown friend: you are fast indeed!
Thank u so much, but...that way i could learn about my younger sister.s life....cos....phone is so so expensive....
so we need to take care what words we use also here??
ALLAH ALLAH....

can anybody tell me what is this miserable idea???
i wanted to check my sister.s blog, cos i live in Turkey now,my family is in Romania, and loook what appeared:::::

Bu siteye erişim mahkeme kararıyla engellenmiştir.

T.C. Fatih 2.Asliye Hukuk Mahkemesi 2007/195 Nolu Kararı gereği bu siteye erişim engellenmiştir.

Access to this site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/195 of T.C. Fatih 2.Civil Court of First Instance.

FOR GOD.S SAKE, IT IS JUST A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SPEAK LIKE WE SPEAK HERE...NOTHING MORE...I AM SO SAD...

hehe..dont tell me about it!!
so i took lessons 3 months..i came in Turkey on 1 st of June and in the last 10 days i was alone with my mother-in-law who speaks only Turkish...
i speak some languages and i understand easy sentences in Tk, but when i speak, i am such a disaster that i feel like yelling sometimes...
but i speak, even wrong, cos generally they receive my message..and if i dont have the courage now, i ll never have it...
wish u luck

I know the Embassy is in Ankara, but me and my husband who is
Turk are going in Istanbul, so Ankara is to far..
Can anybody help me?
maybe there is a Consulate of Spain or an office in Istanbul too..
Thank u in advance
Oana

6.benim nannym olurmusun
can you be my "nannym"
IT CAN BE
NANNY, BABYSITTER..my nanny, my babysitter...
anyway...the person may be not very serious...as the others said, take care

another Turkish - Romanian common words:
çarşaf = cearşaf
palto = palton
raf = palton
romörk = remorca
tarla = tarla, camp [cýmp]
kibrit = chibrit
balta = baltag, bata [býta]
fasulye = fasole
yatağan = iatagan
patron = patron
benzin = benzina
Of course, some of them come from French, English or Arabic..
The idea is that these words we tried to present in this thread have similar pronounciation and they are also written in smiliar way...

I suggest everyone appreciate Mary's help, no matter the origin of the list!!
Let's not make accusations here, Nastica and Bianca.
Mary and anyone else could take the words from an ethimological dictionary !!
I have one home, for example....
This is not a trial, nor a court...
This is a THREAD ABOUT COMMUN WORDS...OK??
SO WE SHOULD BEHAVE LIKE FRIENDS HERE...
NEGATIVE POSTS ARE NOT WELCOME HERE
we are here to learn Turkish....this is the only idea

Deniz,

thank u so much for your words..
u know, my sister-in-law is called Deniz (sea in turkish)
this is a beautiful name

Any time, Azade

the interesting aspect is that, even for many centuries we as people fought, now, in the last century...we never had any problems anymore....
the relationship Turkey-Romania is very very good

Merhaba Azade!
the connection between Turkish and Romanian is easy to see(for Romanians, i mean):
the Ottoman Empire fought many many centuries with Romanians, and not only ...in order to make this country a "pashalic" ..
so...some of the Turks remained here...especially in the Black Sea area and around 200 words used in daily speech entered both languages..

About the connection between Turkish and Asian languages...Turkish and Korean, Hungarian and Finnish, are all coming from the Altai Mountains (that happened lon long time ago)....so...these languages are a bit related

Maria, thank u very much for your beautiful wishes!
I hope you will be very happy also, with your partner.
Maybe we can keep in touch.
I also have a small book in Romanian with words borrowed from other languages, but i have too look for it, if u want, i may put the whole list, but is pretty long hhehe..

Multumesc pentru cuvintele tale si mai ales pentru raspuns,
Oana

Hello, my husband is also Turkish, we married on 5th of February, this year and yes, i was very very surprised to hear words sounding so similar to Romanian, my language..hhee
Mary,
we also say:
bardaca-bardak
bre-bre
caisa-kayısı
musteriu-müşteri
pantalon-pantolon
reclama-reklam
sutien-sutyen
For maidan-meydan (we use it with a bit different sense)
(we took them, as some other words, from Turkish, cos we really have a big community in Constanta and in the area of Black Sea)
i am now learning Turkish...but it is a brainstorming in my head

Numai bine, Oana

Can I ask u who is the singer?

Merhaba, Azade and Maria!
I am also Romanian..U were not out of topic at all...u explained very well the Latin /European issue...
Yes, many Romanians go there in a vacation...cos the country is not far from Ro and it is beautiful..!
But the finantial condtions are generally better in the Latin countries, comparing to some parts of Tk, except the big cities and the resort ones..
so I really don't think the others Europeans need to go to Turkey to "emprove" their lives by marring Turkmen...lol
Latins may get along with Turkish because we have some traits in commun: both temperamental, both loving parties (in Romanian, the word "bairam" comes from Turkish, cos we have a big Turk community at Constanta, at the Black Sea..)

ex·pa·tri·ate [ eks páytree ət ]


noun (plural ex·pa·tri·ates)
Definition:

1. somebody who has moved abroad: a citizen who has left his or her own country to live in another, usually for a prolonged period

2. somebody without citizenship: a citizen who has renounced his or her citizenship or whose citizenship has been revoked

HUG U, CANLI

It is different, true...but...I don't know if it is as sexy as they say

Libralady, u had a great idea!
I thought about it too, but forgot to ask.
This could be very useful!
btw I am a Libra, too

SOME OF US COULD MEET IN ISTANBUL ON 20 JANUARY
I come there on 17 and stay a week or so,,,

Quoting Dilara: Quoting wauxhall: i think istanbul is the best meeting city lots of TC users are live istanbul and everybody can go to istanbul very easy i think good idea Yes Istanbul is the best city to arrangue a meeting , I agree!! and to share with another TC users but you said "everybody can go to Istanbul very easy" Oh I wish it were true!! (I am from south america!!) can you get a ship or boat for me? But when I visit there you have to count me in for sure!

Moldavia was a part of Romania,,,till the Russians took HALF OF IT...after the IInd World War..
Now, a part of former Moldova is in Romania 46 %, part in Moldavia (name after the so-called Revolution in 1989-199

It is the same language, Romanian and Moldavian, naturally...
Same I LOVE U/SENI SEVIYORUM/ TE IUBESC..

My only advise is not to let 3 kids...without the financial support (or even more than only it)
Children are the most important issue,
cos they have no guilt..
Leave the adults..to bare their problems
kids can't...so...be wise

Caliptrix
I thought e is not pronounced i, in Turkish??
It is e, like in the past tense of to meet: met (I met her..)
so i think in English, the correct break-down of the words
Teşekkür ederim
is the 2nd one, from Loving Prague's examples

Friends, why arguing?
Kerri needed advice..not ..all these

Caliptrix, sorry for disturbing, but I still don't understand why does this saying use 2 times a word related to fate/destiny?

thank you,
I am still a beginner with the Turkish language
and in the dictionary I saw it also means
mortal, as opposed to immortal..so I believed it...i c, now

KERRIEOGDEN,
What I want you to know is that I am Romanian and my fiancee is Turk. His family is not very religious (so, please do not believe all the things you read here or see on tv
THEY ARE ALMOST LIKE US, THE REST OF EUROPEANS...AN OVERWHELMING PERCENT)
NOT ALL TURKS ARRANGE MARRIAGES, CMON, PEOPLE..WAKE UP AND DON'T SPEAK IF U DON'T KNOW THE REALITY FROM THERE..
I HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY FAMILY, REGARDING OUR MARRIAGE...NOT HIS!!
HIS PARENTS ARE HAPPY, AND THEY ARE VERY EAGER TO KNOW ME, IN 3 WEEKS...
BUT I FOUGHT WITH MY MOM, TO BE WITH HIM AND TO ACCEPT THE IDEA THAT HE IS SPEACIAL TO ME!!
HE EVEN WANTS TO BECOME ORTHODOX, COS HE KNOWS THAT HERE,
MY PEOPLE HAVE GREAT PREJUDICES REGARDING ISLAM...
SO, please, ask your lover to fight, like a man, because this has nothing to do with religion
and to decide if he wants you...
I don't want you to suffer...please, forgive me..
Just have a mature final talk with him and ask him to be honest

kul means mortal, isn't it...?

Can I also ask some expressions?

You are changeable like weather.
Some people are really cunning.
I almost faint, when I heard it, this morning.
Are you ready?
This place and situation make me feel uneasy.

Thank you

Kerri, as Kemal wrote also..if now your lover has not the guts to face his mom, how will he do it later, after being married both at the civil register and in the church?
or after having kids?
How old is he,, is he so very young??
U can also go there now, and marry him at the civil office..
but, the idea is...can he do it??

I LOVE THIS POEM, ESPECIALLY ITS ENDING
so beautiful..and sad..