Learn how to ask, "What are you doing?"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question What are you doing? in Turkish. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'What are you doing?' in Turkish. |
| Icten: [Normal] Ne yapıyorsun? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'What' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ne [Slow] Ne |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are doing' |
| Icten: [Normal] yapıyorsun [Slow] yapıyorsun |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Ne yapıyorsun? [Normal] Ne yapıyorsun? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'What are you doing?' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ne yapıyorsunuz? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'What' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ne [Slow] Ne |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are doing' |
| Icten: [Normal] yapıyorsunuz [Slow] yapıyorsunuz |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'What are you doing?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Ne yapıyorsunuz? [Normal] Ne yapıyorsunuz? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am studying.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ders çalışıyorum. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Lesson' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ders [Slow] Ders |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm studying' |
| Icten: [Normal] çalışıyorum [Slow] çalışıyorum |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am studying.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Ders çalışıyorum. [Normal] Ders çalışıyorum. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Pek bir şey yapmıyorum. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Much' |
| Icten: [Normal] Pek [Slow] Pek |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'one' |
| Icten: [Normal] bir [Slow] bir |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'thing' |
| Icten: [Normal] şey [Slow] şey |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm not doing' |
| Icten: [Normal] yapmıyorum [Slow] yapmıyorum |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I'm doing nothing special.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Pek bir şey yapmıyorum. [Normal] Pek bir şey yapmıyorum. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Icten: In Turkish, we often say Bu akşam ne yapıyoruz? which means “What are we going to do tonight?” |
| For example, if you’re with some friends at night and you haven't decided on your plans yet, you can ask this. It’ll sound very natural - Bu akşam ne yapıyoruz? |
Outro |
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| 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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