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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 17 - Why? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer why in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'Why are you late?' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Neden geç kaldın?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Why'
Icten: [Normal] Neden [Slow] Neden
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'late'
Icten: [Normal] geç [Slow] geç
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you stayed'
Icten: [Normal] kaldın [Slow] kaldın
Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Why are you late?'
Icten: [Slow] Neden geç kaldın? [Normal] Neden geç kaldın?
Eric: Here's the way to say, 'I missed the train.'
Icten: [Normal] Treni kaçırdım.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'The train'
Icten: [Normal] Treni [Slow] Treni
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I missed'
Icten: [Normal] kaçırdım [Slow] kaçırdım
Eric: Listen again to the response meaning 'I missed the train.'
Icten: [Slow] Treni kaçırdım. [Normal] Treni kaçırdım.
Eric: Here's an informal question meaning 'Why do you leave so early?'
Icten: [Normal] Neden bu kadar erken çıkıyorsun?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Why'
Icten: [Normal] Neden [Slow] Neden
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'this'
Icten: [Normal] bu [Slow] bu
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'approximately'
Icten: [Normal] kadar [Slow] kadar
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'early'
Icten: [Normal] erken [Slow] erken
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you're going out'
Icten: [Normal] çıkıyorsun [Slow] çıkıyorsun
Eric: Listen again to the question, 'Why do you leave so early?'
Icten: [Slow] Neden bu kadar erken çıkıyorsun? [Normal] Neden bu kadar erken çıkıyorsun?
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'To not miss the train.'
Icten: [Normal] Treni kaçırmamak için.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'The train'
Icten: [Normal] Treni [Slow] Treni
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'to not miss'
Icten: [Normal] kaçırmamak [Slow] kaçırmamak
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'for'
Icten: [Normal] için [Slow] için
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'To not miss the train.'
Icten: [Slow] Treni kaçırmamak için. [Normal] Treni kaçırmamak için.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: A famous expression in Turkey is Neden olmasın? which means, like in English, "Why not?"
You can use it to accept a proposition if you agree but aren’t really that keen to do it. Or, if it was not planned in advance.
For example if a friend asks you suddenly "Do you want to go to the cinema tonight?" you can answer Neden olmasın? meaning "Why not?"

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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