Learn how to ask, "How are you?"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question How are you? in Turkish. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How are you?' in Turkish. |
| Icten: [Normal] Nasılsın? |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'How are you' |
| Icten: [Normal] Nasılsın [Slow] Nasılsın |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Nasılsın? [Normal] Nasılsın? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How are you?' |
| Icten: [Normal] Nasılsınız? |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'How are you' |
| Icten: [Normal] Nasılsınız [Slow] Nasılsınız |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How are you?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Nasılsınız? [Normal] Nasılsınız? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Icten: [Normal] İyiyim. Teşekkürler. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I'm fine' |
| Icten: [Normal] İyiyim [Slow] İyiyim |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'Thanks' |
| Icten: [Normal] Teşekkürler [Slow] Teşekkürler |
| Eric: Listen again to the response meaning, 'I'm fine. Thank you.' |
| Icten: [Slow] İyiyim. Teşekkürler. [Normal] İyiyim. Teşekkürler. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'Not so well.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Pek iyi değilim. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning ‘so’ or ‘quite.’ |
| Icten: [Normal] Pek [Slow] Pek |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'well' |
| Icten: [Normal] iyi [Slow] iyi |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm not' |
| Icten: [Normal] değilim [Slow] değilim |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Not so well.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Pek iyi değilim. [Normal] Pek iyi değilim. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Icten: In Turkey, asking “how are you” right after greeting someone is pretty common. Turkish people like to talk about what is going on with them at the moment, especially older ladies, so it can be a great conversation starter. Turkish people are pretty open and even talk freely about their negative experiences or about why they don't feel quite well at the moment. |
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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