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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 14 - When Are You Leaving? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask when someone is leaving in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'When are you leaving?' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Ne zaman gidiyorsun?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'What'
Icten: [Normal] Ne [Slow] Ne
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'time'
Icten: [Normal] zaman [Slow] zaman
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are leaving'
Icten: [Normal] gidiyorsun [Slow] gidiyorsun
Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'When are you leaving?'
Icten: [Slow] Ne zaman gidiyorsun? [Normal] Ne zaman gidiyorsun?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'When are you leaving?'
Icten: [Normal] Ne zaman gidiyorsunuz?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'What'
Icten: [Normal] Ne [Slow] Ne
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'time'
Icten: [Normal] zaman [Slow] zaman
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are going'
Icten: [Normal] gidiyorsunuz [Slow] gidiyorsunuz
Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'When are you leaving?'
Icten: [Slow] Ne zaman gidiyorsunuz? [Normal] Ne zaman gidiyorsunuz?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I leave in two hours.'
Icten: [Normal] İki saat içinde gidiyorum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Two'
Icten: [Normal] İki [Slow] İki
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'hour'
Icten: [Normal] saat [Slow] saat
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'within'
Icten: [Normal] içinde [Slow] içinde
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm going'
Icten: [Normal] gidiyorum [Slow] gidiyorum
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I leave in two hours.'
Icten: [Slow] İki saat içinde gidiyorum. [Normal] İki saat içinde gidiyorum.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I leave next week.'
Icten: [Normal] Gelecek hafta gidiyorum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Future'
Icten: [Normal] Gelecek [Slow] Gelecek
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'week'
Icten: [Normal] hafta [Slow] hafta
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm going'
Icten: [Normal] gidiyorum [Slow] gidiyorum
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I leave next week.'
Icten: [Slow] Gelecek hafta gidiyorum. [Normal] Gelecek hafta gidiyorum.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: To ask how long an action has been taking place in Turkish, we could say Ne zamandır.
For example -
Ne zamandır bekliyorsun?
That is "How long have you been waiting?"

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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