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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 11 - How to Say Prices. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say prices in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the way to say 'One lira.' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Bir lira.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'One'
Icten: [Normal] Bir [Slow] Bir
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'lira'
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'One lira.'
Icten: [Slow] Bir lira. [Normal] Bir lira.
Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the way to say 'Ten liras.'
Icten: [Normal] On lira.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Ten'
Icten: [Normal] On [Slow] On
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'lira'
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Ten liras.'
Icten: [Slow] On lira. [Normal] On lira.
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'Fifty-five ten.'
Icten: [Normal] Elli beş on.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Fifty'
Icten: [Normal] Elli [Slow] Elli
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'five'
Icten: [Normal] beş [Slow] beş
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'ten'
Icten: [Normal] on [Slow] on
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Fifty-five ten.'
Icten: [Slow] Elli beş on. [Normal] Elli beş on.
Eric: Finally is a way to say 'Twenty-six liras and seventy kuruş.'
Icten: [Normal] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Twenty'
Icten: [Normal] Yirmi [Slow] Yirmi
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'six'
Icten: [Normal] altı [Slow] altı
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'lira'
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'seventy'
Icten: [Normal] yetmiş [Slow] yetmiş
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'cents'
Icten: [Normal] kuruş [Slow] kuruş
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Twenty-six liras and seventy kuruş.'
Icten: [Slow] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş [Normal] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: The lira has been the Turkish currency since 1926, which is a few years after The Republic of Turkey was established. Before that Turkey was using the Ottoman lira as the official currency.

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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