Learn how to use Turkish adjectives
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 9 - Talking about Nationalities and Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about nationalities in simple sentences in Turkish. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'I am Turkish.' in Turkish. |
| Icten: [Normal] Türk'üm. |
| Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'I am Turkish' |
| Icten: [Normal] Türk'üm [Slow] Türk'üm |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal word meaning 'I am Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Türk'üm. [Normal] Türk'üm. |
| Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say 'I am Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ben Türk'üm. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'I' |
| Icten: [Normal] Ben [Slow] Ben |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I'm Turkish' |
| Icten: [Normal] Türk'üm [Slow] Türk'üm |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'I am Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Ben Türk'üm. [Normal] Ben Türk'üm. |
| Eric: Next up is the informal way to say 'We are Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Biz Türk'üz. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'We' |
| Icten: [Normal] Biz [Slow] Biz |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'we are Turkish’ |
| Icten: [Normal] Türk'üz [Slow] Türk'üz |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'We are Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Biz Türk'üz. [Normal] Biz Türk'üz. |
| Eric: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'You are Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Siz Türk'sünüz. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'You' for a formal situation. |
| Icten: [Normal] Siz [Slow] Siz |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'you are Turkish' |
| Icten: [Normal] Türk'sünüz [Slow] Türk'sünüz |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'You are Turkish.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Siz Türk'sünüz. [Normal] Siz Türk'sünüz. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Icten: Be careful because in Turkish, we do write nationalities with a capital letter like in English! That shows respect to the nationalities while writing. |
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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