Learn top 10 phrases your parents always say
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| Hi everyone. I am Selin from turkishclass101.com and I am here with another Turkish lesson. |
| Today, we are going to be talking about Top 10 Phrases Your Parents Always Say. |
| Um, what they say? Let’s learn. |
| 1. Dikkatli ol. |
| “Be careful.” |
| Yes, they always say right especially when you are a child I think or baby because you want to touch everywhere. |
| You want to go everywhere. So there is a dikkatli ol like that. Usually mothers say. |
| 2. Sessiz ol. |
| “Be quiet.” |
| That’s for example, you and your family, your parents when like go somewhere that you have to be actually quiet, like cinema, like theatre right? |
| And then you want to be noisy because you are so excited. |
| That time, they can use this word, sessiz ol, they say like this, sshh sessiz ol. |
| 3. Uslu dur. |
| “Behave.” |
| I am sure every Turkish hears this from their parents. |
| Uslu dur. |
| “Behave.” |
| Usually when you are a child, you want to know everything. |
| You want to go everywhere. You want to explore right? |
| So sometimes you can make your parents go crazy and that time, they are kind of tricking you like, |
| “if you behave well, then I am going to buy you this.” |
| So in Turkish, usually parents are using this trick for their children. |
| They say this like this kind of sentences like, |
| Eğer uslu durursan sana şeker alacağım. |
| It means, “if you behave well, then I am going to buy you candy.” |
| So it’s Eğer uslu durursan, uslu durmak if you behave well or “if you behave, then I am going to buy you candy.” |
| Sana şeker alacağım. |
| 4. Ödevini yap! |
| “Do your homework!” |
| I think I never heard from my parents. I was very smart kid. No. |
| Ödevini yap, it’s also yes, a very common, very, very common saying in Turkey. |
| Probably everywhere around the world, you know like everyone, every parent probably they are saying to their kid, |
| “just do your homework and then you can go and play.” |
| 5. Üçe kadar sayacağım. |
| “I'm going to count to three.” |
| If you are lying to your parents and let’s say you break something valuable and you are hiding, that time, your parents say, |
| Üçe kadar sayacağım gerçeği söyle |
| It’s like, “I am going to count to three, say the truth.” You broke it. |
| 6. Dur. |
| “Stop.” |
| Well, those parents might be really in trouble I think. |
| This is what I understand from this list. It’s yeah, well, not just parents actually. Everyone is using Dur probably. |
| Dur! Dur! Dur! Dur! |
| Stop! Stop! Stop! |
| 7. Ne dedin? |
| “What did you say?” |
| Well, it might be in an angry situation or sometimes maybe your parents just don’t hear you because you are speaking very quiet because you did something bad. |
| That time, yes, it can be used. They can say, |
| Ne dedin? |
| “What did you say?” |
| 8. Şaka yapmıyorum. |
| “I'm not kidding.” |
| So again, if you did something bad and if your parents, they will punish you in return, they might say, like, |
| “I am going to take your cell phone for one week or no television for one week and then they can say - Şaka yapmıyorum. “I'm not kidding.” |
| Like, no television. Maybe they can say like this in Turkish. |
| Bir hafta televizyon yok. |
| It’s like “One week, no television. I am not kidding.” |
| Şaka yapmıyorum bir hafta televizyon yok. |
| 9. Ben sana ne dedim? |
| “What did I just say?” |
| I think no matter how old you are, when you do some mistake in life and if your parents already warned you, then, you will hear this sentence. |
| Ben sana ne dedim? |
| Like “I told you not to go there” |
| Ben sana ne dedim? |
| Whether you are a kid or a grown up, I am sure you will hear it. |
| 10. Dişlerini fırçaladın mı? |
| “Did you brush your teeth?” |
| It’s very important to give the habit to brushing the teeth every day for the kids. |
| It’s really important. So this is yes, a very common phrase for parents to use. |
| Dişlerini fırçaladın mı? Or |
| Hemem dişlerini fırçala. |
| Hemem dişlerini fırçala means, |
| “Brush your teeth now.” |
| And it’s over. You just know the 10 top phrases/sentences parents are using in Turkey. |
| But actually I don’t know about you but it sounds like a bit angry or, like, nervous situations like. |
| So I want to add my own sentences I will teach you. |
| Parents are also saying, |
| “I love you” right?” |
| Seni seviyorum |
| or they say, |
| “You are my everything.” |
| ”Sen benim herseyimsin.” |
| And they also say all the time. |
| “I am by your side.” |
| Ben senin yanindayim. |
| So our parents are really important. I hope you guys know that. |
| I hope you guys love each other so much. See you next time. |
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