marcus

could someone please recommend a web site that will help me grasp the basics all i know is 'mirabar'

canim

basic survival phrases, (with sound) can be found..

http://www.transparent.com/language...h/FSTurkish.htm

I found this site really useful...

http://www.freewebz.com/turkce/

CrescentHomes

Merhaba

You may try this one. There are a few useful ones there but I couldn't have much time to check which one is better.

http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Scie...Turkic/Turkish/

marcus

thanks folks

GarryP

This is a good site Marcus for all levels, elementary through to advanced.

http://www2.egenet.com.tr/mastersj/index.html

Happy learning,

GarryP

KayaKoyuOldBoy

Ebay!! Search - Turkish

Go on there and buy a CD either by Linguaphone or the Rosetta Stone. They're both very good and inexpensive and you can keep on skipping back to the bits you can't understand or remember.

shirleyanntr

the egenet site (learning practical turkish ) as recommended by garry is one of the most comprehensive sites. you can also find it on Türkçekent site along with other lessons etc. and info about anything turkish. the turkish 2020 lessons are fairly good to and you can also download 'winmekmak'..this is helpful for getting verbs in the right tense.
i recently heard someone wanting to tell a turk she had just come back from england but she actually told him she was going to england!! he told her in turkish to have a good trip and she smiling replied thanks. she'd mixed the past and present tenses up..easily done but does nothing for understanding. i hadn't the heart to tell her.

So

Another lovely way to lear Turkish is trough "My language exchange"

You can e-mail, (voice-chat) with native speakers who are trying to learn your language.
You can practise 2 on 2 or in groups of 4 and 6.
It works realy well, and the fun thing is that you learn to speak AND write, and also you learn to speak how the Turks in daily life do.

www.mylanguageexchange.com