Turkish/Lesson One - Greetings
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Merhaba! Birinci dersinize hoşgeldiniz!!! If you're wondering what on Earth that just said, here's what it means: "Hello! Welcome to your first lesson!!!".
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[edit] Dialogue
[edit] Greetings
Hello! - Merhaba!
How are you? - Nasılsınız?(formal) Nasılsın?(informal) (Do not get frightened, this formality is not complex as Japanese.)
Fine, thanks. - İyiyim, teşekkürler.
How are you? (lit. what news?)- Ne haber?(very informal)
What's going on? - Ne oluyor?
What's up? - Ne var ne yok?
Good morning. - Günaydın.
Good Afternoon. - Tünaydın
Have a nice day. - İyi günler.
Good evening. - İyi akşamlar.
Good night. - İyi geceler.
Nice to meet you. - Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
[edit] Saying Good-bye
Good-bye. -Güle güle or Hoşçakal
Bye. -Bay.
See you later. -Görüşmek üzere
See you. - Görüşürüz.
See you (on Monday). - (Pazartesi günü) görüşürüz
[edit] When put into context...
Serkan: Merhaba! Adım Serkan.
Ayşegül: Merhaba Serkan! Ben Ayşegül.
Serkan: Nasılsınız, Ayşegül?
Ayşegül: İyiyim, siz nasılsınız?
Serkan: Mükkemmel, teşekkürler.
Ayşegül: İyi. Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
Serkan: Bende memnun oldum.
Ayşegül: Hoşçakal!
Serkan: Görüşürüz!
[edit] Translation
Serkan: Hello! My name is Serkan.
Ayşegül: Hello Serkan! I am Ayşegül.
Serkan: How are you, Ayşegül?
Ayşegül: I'm good, how are you?
Serkan: Great, thanks.
Ayşegül: Good. It's been nice meeting you.
Serkan: Nice to meet you too.
Ayşegül: Goodbye!
Serkan: See you soon!
[edit] Notes on that conversation
In Turkish, as is true with many other languages, when you're talking to someone you've never met before/rarely ever talk to/of great importance, you refer to them in the plural form. As you can see in the conversation, rather than referring to each other as sen (you [singular]), they refer to each other as siz (you [plural]). This is only a formality, but very important.
Another thing to note is that they rarely use the word ben (I) when referring to themselves. In Turkish, as long as the reader/listener can understand who the writer/speaker is talking about, words such as ben, sen, o (he/she), etc., don't need to be used.
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