Learn top 10 phrases to know when having a baby
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| Hello everyone. I am Selin from TurkishClass101.com. |
| Today, we are going to talk about Top 10 Phrases to Know When Having a Baby. |
| 1. Emzirmek |
| “to breastfeed” |
| İlk altı ay bebeği emzirmek çok önemli. |
| “It is important to breastfeed the baby during the first six months.” |
| So baby means bebek in Turkish. |
| Baby, bebek and do you know how to say feeding bottle, the baby’s bottle? |
| It is called biberon. Biberon bebek. |
| 2. Önlük takmak |
| “to put on a bib” |
| Bebek maması yedirmeye başlamadan önce önlük takmayı unutma. |
| “Don't forget to put on a bib before you start to feed the baby food.” |
| So where did you put the baby first to feed the baby right? |
| It is called bebek sandalyesi in Turkish and it literally means Baby chair. |
| Bebek sandalyesi. |
| 3. Kıyafet değiştirmek |
| “to change clothes” |
| Çocuğun kıyafetlerini değiştirirken çorabını ters giydirmişim. |
| “I had put on the socks wrong when I was changing the child's clothes.” |
| So changing clothes, kıyafetlerini değiştirmek. We don’t just use for the babies. |
| We use for everyone because clothes like it's the same for everyone, right. |
| So Kiyafet/elbise, you can just use this phrase for everyone, not just for babies. |
| 4. Ninni söylemek |
| “to sing a lullaby” |
| Saatlerce ninni söyledim ama yine de uyumadı. |
| “I sang a lullaby for hours, but she didn't sleep anyway.” |
| Let me tell you a Turkish lullaby. I am sorry for my voice. |
| I am not a great singer but I will do it for you. Are you ready? |
| Dandini dandini dastana / Danalar girmis bostana / Kov bostanci danayi / Yemesin lahanayi. |
| I hope you liked it. |
| So about the meaning of this lullaby. Let me tell you. |
| I am sure you will laugh when you hear because it’s about a farmer and there is a cow. |
| So this cow is a really nasty cow and it enters the farmer’s farm and then you are saying to farmer, |
| hey farmer, please be careful. The cow will eat your crops. This is the lullaby. |
| 5. Kestirmek |
| “to take a nap” |
| Çocukların gün içinde en az bir saat kestirmesinde fayda var. |
| “It's good for children to take a nap at least for an hour during the day.” |
| I was not taking a nap when I was a child. I didn’t like to do it I think and you don’t do what I do. |
| 6. Bebek koltuğu satın almak |
| “to buy a car seat” |
| İkizlerimiz için iki tane bebek koltuğu satın almamız gerekiyor. |
| “We need to buy two car seats for our twins.” |
| So in cars, you usually see like there is a sign like a symbol and it is to warn you that there is baby in the car right, baby on board like this. |
| So in Turkish, of course, we also have the same sign and it says, |
| Dikkat! Bebek Var. |
| It’s baby on board. |
| So like “there is a baby, be careful.” |
| Dikkat! Bebek Var. |
| 7. Beslemek |
| “to feed” |
| Bebeğimi doğal gıdalarla beslemeye çalışıyorum. |
| “I'm trying to feed my baby with natural food.” |
| In Turkey, I think we are lucky that we have so many natural foods in terms of vegetables and fruits. |
| So I think compared to some other countries, I feel lucky in that sense because you can find it anywhere. |
| Especially if you are living in a rural area in Turkey, there are so many natural foods to feed your baby. |
| 8. Bebek arabasını sürmek |
| “to push a stroller” |
| Bebek arabası sürmenin kolları bu kadar yorduğunu bilmiyordum. |
| “I didn't know that pushing the stroller tires out the arms this much.” |
| 9. Kitap okumak |
| “to read a book” |
| Çocuklara her gece kitap okuyorum. |
| “I read books to the children every day.” |
| There are so many nice Turkish stories as well so you can read your children. |
| For example, |
| Ali Baba ve Kirk Haramiler. |
| It’s as you can guess, “Ali Baba.” |
| It’s like a legendary character, Ali Baba. It’s a very helpful and lovely character and also there are 40 like gangsters. |
| We call them harami and the story is about their, how should I say, relationship. How they come together and what happens. So all this kind of story. |
| And there is one another Turkish story which is also very fun and lovely in my opinion. |
| It is called Keloğlan. Keloğlan means like “the guy without hair.” |
| And it’s also very, very funny stories and he has many adventures and many stories and many books. |
| 10. Banyo yaptırmak |
| “to bathe” |
| Bebeğe banyo yaptırırken suyun çok sıcak olmadığından emin ol. |
| “When bathing the baby, make sure that the water is not too hot.” |
| Yes, it shouldn’t be too hot, right? It should be warm. |
| Not very cold, not very hot but warm. |
| Okay. We are done for today. I hope this lesson was very helpful for you and I hope to see you guys in our next video. |
| So, see you guys. Bye-bye! |
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