Learn how to ask about someone's age
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 8 - Talking About Your Age. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask someone's age and to say yours in Turkish. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'How old are you?' in Turkish. |
| Icten: [Normal] Kaç yaşındasın? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'How many' |
| Icten: [Normal] Kaç [Slow] Kaç |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are ... years old' |
| Icten: [Normal] yaşındasın [Slow] yaşındasın |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Kaç yaşındasın? [Normal] Kaç yaşındasın? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the formal way to ask, 'How old are you?' |
| Icten: [Normal] Kaç yaşındasınız? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'How many' |
| Icten: [Normal] Kaç [Slow] Kaç |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are ... years old' |
| Icten: [Normal] yaşındasınız [Slow] yaşındasınız |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'How old are you?' |
| Icten: [Slow] Kaç yaşındasınız? [Normal] Kaç yaşındasınız? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'I am 17.' |
| Icten: [Normal] On yedi yaşındayım. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Ten' |
| Icten: [Normal] On [Slow] On |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'seven' |
| Icten: [Normal] yedi [Slow] yedi |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm ... years old' |
| Icten: [Normal] yaşındayım [Slow] yaşındayım |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I am 17.' |
| Icten: [Slow] On yedi yaşındayım. [Normal] On yedi yaşındayım. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Söylememeyi tercih ederim. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Not to say ' |
| Icten: [Normal] Söylememeyi [Slow] Söylememeyi |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'preference' |
| Icten: [Normal] tercih [Slow] tercih |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I do' |
| Icten: [Normal] ederim [Slow] ederim |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'I prefer not to say.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Söylememeyi tercih ederim. [Normal] Söylememeyi tercih ederim. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Icten: Were you born in the year 2000? I’m sorry to tell you, but you can’t get away with saying zero-zero. You have to say the entire year. This would be İki bin doğumluyum. |
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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