Learn 5 sentence patterns for beginners
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| Hello, everyone! I’m Selin from TurkishClass101.com. I hope you guys are having a nice day. Today, we are here with another Top Word Series. It is 5 sentence patterns for beginners. So if you’re a Turkish learner and a beginner, I’m sure, today’s lesson will be very useful for you. |
| 1. ~ ne kadar? “How much for ~?” |
| ~ ne kadar? |
| (Blah, blah, blah) ne kadar? “How much for ~?” |
| “How much for ~?” |
| So, ne kadar is used to understand the price of something or the value of something. |
| So now, let me give you different examples, so you can understand this grammar, this sentence pattern better. |
| Bu kıyafet ne kadar? |
| Bu kıyafet means “this dress” is how much? |
| Bu kıyafet ne kadar? |
| Or in our next example, let’s try to understand the distance between two places, okay? Let’s say from Ankara to Istanbul. Ankara is our capital city. |
| İstanbul'dan Ankara'ya ne kadar? |
| So, if you say it like this, the person may think you’re asking the price or the distance, so it depends on the conversation. If you just use ne kadar, then as I told you, it has two meanings, either price or distance, so you need to, how should I say it, it depends on conversation. It depends on what you’re talking before. |
| İstanbul'dan Ankara'ya ne kadar? |
| 2. ~ biliyor musunuz? “Do you understand ~?” |
| ~ biliyor musunuz? |
| ~ biliyor musunuz? “Do you understand ~?” |
| Or actually, it means “Do you know…?”, do you know, do you understand? ~ biliyor musunuz? |
| When you say a fact about Turkey and if you end with biliyor musunuz, it means you’re asking the other person, “Oh, did you know this fact about Turkey?” |
| Okay, let’s give an example for better understanding. Turkey’s capital is Ankara. Let’s ask if the other person knows that or not. |
| Türkiye'nin başkentinin Ankara olduğunu biliyor musunuz? |
| Türkiye'nin “Turkey” |
| Başkentinin means “its capital.” |
| Ankara “Ankara” |
| Olduğunu means..., here it means “to be.” |
| Biliyor musunuz “Do you know” that Turkey’s capital is Ankara. |
| 3. Benim adım ~ “My name is ~” |
| Benim adım (blah, blah, blah). “My name is ~” |
| So it’s very, very basic pattern of sentence for beginners, benim adım ~. |
| So let’s give an example. |
| Benim adım Selin. |
| Senin adın ne? “What is your name” |
| For name, we are using two words. First one is isim and the other one is ad, A-D. Both have the same meaning. You can use just any of them. |
| Senin adın ne? |
| Senin ismin ne? |
| Benim adım Selin. |
| Benim ismin Selin. |
| 4. ~ nerede? “Where is ~?” |
| ~ nerede? |
| ~ nerede? “Where is ~?” |
| So if you’re a tourist in Turkey and if you get lost or if you just want to ask something like bathroom or station, then this is a very useful sentence pattern, “Where is ~?”~ nerede? |
| Let’s ask where is the station, where is the bus stop, okay. |
| İstasyon nerede? |
| İstasyon means “station.” |
| İstasyon nerede? |
| Let’s ask bus stop. |
| Otobüs durağı nerede? |
| Otobüs “bus” |
| Durağı, durağı “stop,” bus stop is where? |
| Or let’s ask bathroom / restroom. |
| Tuvalet nerede? |
| For bathroom, actually, you can either use tuvalet or lavabo. Lavabo is, I think, more polite compared to tuvalet, but both are not rude. I mean, you can use, but maybe there is this kind of, like difference. Lavabo is a bit more… it sounds a bit more polite. |
| Lavabo nerede? |
| Tuvalet nerede? |
| 5. En sevdiğim [A] [B]. “My favorite [A] is [B].” |
| En sevdiğim [A] [B]. |
| En sevdiğim [A] [B]. So “My favorite [A] is [B].” |
| En sevdiğim is so useful phrase, I think. You can use for anything; if you want to introduce yourself, if you want to tell the other person your favorite city, music, food, everything. |
| So, let’s start our examples. |
| En sevdiğim yemek köftedir. |
| So in this example, en sevdiğim is our, how should I say it, pattern, right? |
| En sevdiğim “My favorite” |
| And [A] in this example is yemek. |
| Köfte in this example is [B]. |
| So en sevdiğim yemek köftedir. |
| “My favorite food is meatballs.” |
| Or let’s talk about music. |
| En sevdiğim müzik grubu Manga'dır. |
| I’m also giving information about myself. |
| So en sevdiğim… |
| Müzik grubu is what? [A], right? |
| And then Manga, it’s a name of a, like, band. Manga here is [B]. |
| So my favorite band, music band is Manga. |
| My last example is for the cities. |
| En sevdiğim şehir Antalya'dır. |
| En sevdiğim şehir… |
| Şehir is [A] here. |
| Antalya'dır [B]. |
| “My favorite city is Antalya.” |
| You can just give so many examples. Try it. |
| Okay, that’s it for today. I hope it was useful for Turkish beginners. I hope to see you guys in the next video. Bye-bye! |
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