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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking Directions. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'Where is the station?' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] İstasyon nerede acaba?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Station'
Icten: [Normal] İstasyon [Slow] İstasyon
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'where is he/she/it'
Icten: [Normal] nerede [Slow] nerede
Eric: Last is the word meaning ‘I wonder.”
Icten: [Normal] acaba [Slow] acaba
Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Where is the station?'
Icten: [Slow] İstasyon nerede acaba? [Normal] İstasyon nerede acaba?
Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a friend. Here's the informal way to say, 'Go straight.'
Icten: [Normal] Düz git.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Straight'
Icten: [Normal] Düz [Slow] Düz
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'go'
Icten: [Normal] git [Slow] git
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'Go straight.'
Icten: [Slow] Düz git. [Normal] Düz git.
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'Turn right.'
Icten: [Normal] Sağa dön.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'To the right'
Icten: [Normal] Sağa [Slow] Sağa
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'return'
Icten: [Normal] dön [Slow] dön
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Turn right.'
Icten: [Slow] Sağa dön. [Normal] Sağa dön.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Turn left.'
Icten: [Normal] Sola dön.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'To the left'
Icten: [Normal] Sola [Slow] Sola
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'return'
Icten: [Normal] dön [Slow] dön
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Turn left.'
Icten: [Slow] Sola dön. [Normal] Sola dön.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: These sentences are key to remember if we ask for directions and the person we're talking to can only explain to us in Turkish. Turkish people use hand gestures a lot too, so don't be surprised if they start to point at directions while they are explaining the route. They might gesture pretty fast, so it's better trying to listen to what they are saying as well.

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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