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[darkme]

Since I've been to Turkey in my summer vacations, I thought I'd start this thread because I have been learning a bit of Turkish and I'd love to learn more if someone who speaks Turkish joins our boards!

So I know just a bit of the basics, and it's a bit close to Arabic so it's not that hard.

Hello - Merhaba (the H isn't pronounced, so it's like meraba)
How are you? - nasılsınız? (It's pronounced like nasilsiniz)
Thank you, I'm fine. - Teşekkür ederim, iyim. (it's pronounced like teshakur ederim, eeyeem).
And how are you? - Sez nasılsınız?
Thank you, I am fine too. - Teşekkür ederim, ben de iyim.

It's really fun to learn it, specially since we got a chance to practise it a bit there.

Here are the Turkish Alphabet:
A - a as in "ugly "

B - be as in "bell"

C - ce as in "jealous"

Ç � çe as in "chair"

D - de as in "decade"

E - e as in "elephant"

F - fe as in "federal"

G - ge as in "get"

Ğ � ğe

H - he as in "helicopter"

I - ı as in "number"

İ - i as in "insect"

J - je as in "azure" (garaj = garage, pronounced as in French & English)

K - ke as in "kettle"

L - le as in "leg"

M - me as in "men"

N - ne as in "never"

O - o as in "orchestra"

Ö - ö as in "urge"

P - pe as in "pen"

R - re as in "red"

S - se as in "sell"

Ş - şe as in "shelf"

T - te as in "telephone"

U - u as in "oops!"

Ü � ü as in "fruit"

V - ve as in "vegetable"

Y - ye as in "yes"

Z - ze as in "zebra"

Link: www.onlineturkish.com/alphabet.asp

[harisstavr]

hey! I know an expression: Seni Seviyorum ( I love you)

[SoHuda]

Evet= yes
Hayir or yok= no
iyi= good
kotu = bad
tamam= ok

sen=you
ben=me, I

[SoHuda]

for my sign. picture:
Ihlamurlar altinda (a name of a turkish show) : underneath the linden trees

soz vermis asklara: for promised loves