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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 1 - Self Introduction. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce yourself in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi I'm Zehra.' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Selam ben Zehra.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Hi'
Icten: [Normal] Selam [Slow] Selam
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Icten: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Eric: Last is a person’s name 'Zehra'
Icten: [Normal] Zehra [Slow] Zehra
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Hi I'm Zehra.'
Icten: [Slow] Selam ben Zehra. [Normal] Selam ben Zehra.
Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say 'Good day, I'm Zehra Özdemir.'
Icten: [Normal] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Hello'
Icten: [Normal] Merhaba [Slow] Merhaba
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Icten: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Eric: Last is a person’s name 'Zehra Özdemir'
Icten: [Normal] Zehra Özdemir [Slow] Zehra Özdemir
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day, I'm Zehra Özdemir.'
Icten: [Slow] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir. [Normal] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir.
Eric: Next is the informal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'About our meeting'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza [Slow] Tanıştığımıza
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'glad'
Icten: [Normal] memnun [Slow] memnun
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I have been'
Icten: [Normal] oldum [Slow] oldum
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Slow] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum. [Normal] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
Eric: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'About our meeting'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza [Slow] Tanıştığımıza
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'very'
Icten: [Normal] çok [Slow] çok
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'glad'
Icten: [Normal] memnun [Slow] memnun
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I have been'
Icten: [Normal] oldum [Slow] oldum
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Slow] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum. [Normal] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: When you introduce yourself, it's a good habit to shake hands. And don't worry too much about using çok when you meet people. You won't get in trouble if you simply say Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Icten: Hoşçakalın.

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