Language Course

In the bus, our lovely tour guide, Borcu,

taught us a few important phrases and numbers in Turkish. 

Here is a picture of her:

Explanations of a few of the letters:

Cc= Je

Çç= Ch

Ff= Fe

Gg= Ge

Ğğ= no sound; just lengthens the vowel before

H= He

İi= Eu 

Şş= Sh

Üü= like the U in trUe

Yy= Ye

Zz= Ze

Merhaba= Hello        Nasılsın?= How are you? (formal)        iyiyim= I'm fine

teşekkür ederim= Thank you        Bir şey değil!= You're welcome        Günaydın= Good Morning 

İyi günler= Good day        Güle güle= bye bye        Hoşça kal= Goodbye

Evet= Yes        Hayır= No        Kaç Lira= How much ? (in Lira)

şerefe= Cheers        güzel= beautiful       Pahalı= expensive

~ Alexa