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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand basic phone vocabulary in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the formal way to say 'Hello.’ when answering the phone in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Alo.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'Hello'
Icten: [Normal] Alo [Slow] Alo
Eric: Listen again to the formal word meaning 'Hello’ when answering the phone.
Icten: [Slow] Alo. [Normal] Alo.
Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say 'This is Elif.'
Icten: [Normal] Buyurun, ben Elif.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Go ahead'
Icten: [Normal] Buyurun [Slow] Buyurun
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Icten: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'Elif'
Icten: [Normal] Elif [Slow] Elif
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'This is Elif.'
Icten: [Slow] Buyurun, ben Elif. [Normal] Buyurun, ben Elif.
Eric: Next up is the formal way to say 'May I talk to Mr. Ali?'
Icten: [Normal] Ali Bey ile görüşebilir miyim?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Ali'
Icten: [Normal] Ali [Slow] Ali
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'Mr.'
Icten: [Normal] Bey [Slow] Bey
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'with'
Icten: [Normal] ile [Slow] ile
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'he/she/it can meet'
Icten: [Normal] görüşebilir [Slow] görüşebilir
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'am I'
Icten: [Normal] miyim [Slow] miyim
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'May I talk to Mr. Ali?'
Icten: [Slow] Ali Bey ile görüşebilir miyim? [Normal] Ali Bey ile görüşebilir miyim?
Eric: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'I'll call again later.'
Icten: [Normal] Daha sonra tekrar arayacağım.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Much'
Icten: [Normal] Daha [Slow] Daha
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'later'
Icten: [Normal] sonra [Slow] sonra
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'again'
Icten: [Normal] tekrar [Slow] tekrar
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'll call'
Icten: [Normal] arayacağım [Slow] arayacağım
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I'll call again later.'
Icten: [Slow] Daha sonra tekrar arayacağım. [Normal] Daha sonra tekrar arayacağım.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: In Turkish, make sure to say Alo when you pick up a phone. We don't say Merhaba to say "Hello" when talking on the phone.

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson and this series. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and thank you for listening, everyone.
Icten: Hoşçakalın.

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