Turkish/Contents/Pronunciation and Alphabet/Lesson Three - S-Z

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Now that you've learnt everything up to and including r, let's learn the rest of the alphabet:

Contents 1 S 2 Ş 3 T 4 U 5 Ü 6 V 7 Y 8 Z

[edit] S

Or se. Pronounced like the s in see.

For example:

• soğan - onion
• salam - salami (a Turkish delicacy)
• sel - flood

[edit] Ş

Or şe. Pronounced like the sh in shout.

For example:

• şey - thing
• şarap - wine
• şişe - bottle

[edit] T

Or te. Pronounce like the t in tea.

For example:

• tabak - plate
• tavsiye - recommendation
• televizyon - television

[edit] U

Pronounced like the ou in the French word boum.

For example:

• uçak - plane
• ucuz - cheap
• ufak - small

[edit] Ü

Pronounced just like the German ü, or the u in the French expression, "j'ai perdu".

For example:

• ürün - product
• üç - three
• üzüm - grape

[edit] V

Pronounced like the v in vase.

For example:

• Vikikitap - Wikibooks (Ws are transliterated as Vs in Turkish, therefore Wiki would be transliterated as Viki, and the word kitap means book)
• vazo - vase
• Venedik - Venice

[edit] Y

Where's the w and x? Turkish also doesn't have these letters. Y is pronounced like the y in in you.

For example:

• yarın - tomorrow
• yarım - half
• yukarı - above

[edit] Z

The final letter of the Turkish alphabet. Pronounced like the z in zoo.

For example:

• zeytin - olive
• zil - bell
• zehir - poison

So, you've managed to learn the alphabet! Well done! Before you move on to the real lessons, though, please take a look at a useful grammatical note by clicking "next" below.

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