shirleyanntr

well after kicking off these basic bits and pieces with some grammar lets relax a bit with some everyday words.

we've done ABC..now look at some numbers..and ways to use them
Turkish children love to show you how they can count to 10 in english.
So lets show them we can do it in Turkish
its a good way to get sounds right.

bir 1.. bee rrr.. get your tongue into gear with those RRRs
bir is also used for a or an..
iki 2 eekee.....iki çay 2 teas
üç 3 ootch üç nescafe 3 nescafe
dört 4. . dirt dört kedi 4 cats. say it short & with the R & T well pronounced
beş 5 besh.. beş köpek 5 dogs
altı 6 altuh altı kişi 6 people
yedi 7 yed ee yedi çocuk 7 children
sekiz 8.. sek eez sekiz ev 8 houses
dokuz 9 dokuz masa 9 tables
on 10 on kız 10 girls

To make things plural you add LER or LAR..BUT when you put a number with the noun it stays singular.
eg.
beş kedi var...there are 5 cats
çok kediLER var..there are a lot of cats

here are some words that go with numbers..
you may be asked how many of something you want
'how many?'
'Kaç tane?'
and you can say
'iki tane'..or 'üç tane'..or however many numbers you want
Kaç means 'how many'
Tane..ta-ne..means item or piece.
'iki tane ekmek'..two loaves.
hangisi? means 'which one?'
'hangisi istiyorsun?
which one do you want?


heres a good practice for vowel harmony..not quite basic but good for understanding how things work with the harmony
add on one of these ending ...- inci -üncü- ıncı -uncu
to make cardinal numbers (is that right cardinal ? cos i'm hopeless with numbers)
bir+inci..and you get 1st..beer een jee
ikinci..2nd.. ee-kin-jee
üç/üncü 3rd ootch oon ju
dörd/üncü..the T goes to D. 4th durd un ju
beş/inci 5th besh een jee
alt/ıncı 6th alt un j
yed/inci 7th yed een jee
sekiz/inci 8th sekiz eenjee
dokuz/uncu 9th dok uz un ju
on/uncu 10th

E or İ are followed by inci 1st 2nd 5th 7th 8th
Ö or Ü are followed by üncü..3rd 4th

A or I are followed by ıncı 6th
O or U are followed by uncu 9th 10th

''Hangi kat?
which floor?
'üçüncü kat'
third floor

heres the week days
hafta week
hafta sonu weekend......
and for those into grammar..son+u SON (last) with the possessive end U
pazartesi monday.. pazar tes ee
salı tuesday saluh
çarşamba wedneday char şham ba
perşembe thursday pear şem be
cuma friday juma
cumartesi saturday jumar tes ee

there we are thenn...get cracking
and NONE of this

G&D

Okay Boss

I'm learning I'm learning

more fun than my book and cd!

Thanks again! Some bits I have but you fill in so many gaps

normatomlinson

I feel like I'm making a bit of progress thanks to your teaching talent.
Getting used to the vowel harmony at long last.
Just short of a few weeks in Turkey to practice.
I'll keep dreaming and filling in that lottery ticket.