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INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to TurkishClass101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 22 - How Good Are Your Turkish Math Skills? Eric Here.
Selin: Merhaba I'm Selin.
Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn even more postpositions. The conversation takes place at Ozge's house.
Selin: It's between Ozge and Mert.
Eric: The speakers are friends; therefore, they’ll speak informal Turkish. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Özge: Bu problemi benim için çözer misin? Akşama kadar çalıştım ama çözemedim.
Mert: Bir bakalım.
Özge: (laughs) Sen Einstein gibi adamsın, çözersin.
Mert: Çok basitmiş. x eksi y'nin kübünün açılımı ile çözebilirsin.
Özge: Lise matematiğinden hiç bir şey hatırlamıyorum.
Mert: Tamam. Açılımı x küp eksi üç x y kare artı üç x y kare eksi y küp.
Özge: Aa tamam. Şimdi hatırladım. Teşekkürler.
Eric: Listen to the conversation one time slowly.
Özge: Bu problemi benim için çözer misin? Akşama kadar çalıştım ama çözemedim.
Mert: Bir bakalım.
Özge: (laughs) Sen Einstein gibi adamsın, çözersin.
Mert: Çok basitmiş. x eksi y'nin kübünün açılımı ile çözebilirsin.
Özge: Lise matematiğinden hiç bir şey hatırlamıyorum.
Mert: Tamam. Açılımı x küp eksi üç x y kare artı üç x y kare eksi y küp.
Özge: Aa tamam. Şimdi hatırladım. Teşekkürler.
Eric: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Ozge: Can you solve this problem for me? I tried to figure it out until the evening, but I couldn't solve it anyway.
Mert: Let's see.
Ozge: (laughs) You are an Einstein-like man. I believe you can solve it.
Mert: It looks very simple. You can solve it with x minus y cubed formula.
Ozge: I don't remember anything from high school mathematics.
Mert: OK. The formula goes like x cubed minus three x y squared plus three x y squared minus y cubed.
Ozge: Oh okay. I've just remembered. Thank you.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Eric: I don’t remember anything from my high school math classes either.
Selin: You’re not the only one!
Eric: What’s school like in Turkey?
Selin: High school is four years in Turkey. To enroll in either a private or public high school, you need to take an exam from the Ministry of Education.
Eric: For evaluation purposes?
Selin: Yes. The exam is called TEOG and covers Turkish Literature and Grammar, Mathematics, Science and Technology, Religion and Moral Knowledge, Secondary Language, History of Turkish Republic and Revolution.
Eric: That’s a lot of subjects! And you need to have taken the TEOG to get into every school?
Selin: Well, some private schools have their own system instead of the TEOG.
Eric: In a lot of countries, private schools have better opportunities and privileges than public ones.
Selin: It’s the same in Turkey.
Eric: Are there other advantages to private schools?
Selin: They’re good for acquiring a second language, such as English, French, or German.
Eric: Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is...
Selin: problem [natural native speed]
Eric: problem
Selin: problem[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: problem [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have...
Selin: çözmek [natural native speed]
Eric: to solve
Selin: çözmek[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: çözmek [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have...
Selin: matematik [natural native speed]
Eric: math
Selin: matematik[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: matematik [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have...
Selin: lise [natural native speed]
Eric: high school
Selin: lise[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: lise [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have...
Selin: artı [natural native speed]
Eric: plus
Selin: artı[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: artı [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have...
Selin: eksi [natural native speed]
Eric: minus
Selin: eksi[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: eksi [natural native speed]
Eric: And next...
Selin: kare [natural native speed]
Eric: square
Selin: kare[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: kare [natural native speed]
Eric: And last...
Selin: küp [natural native speed]
Eric: cube
Selin: küp[slowly - broken down by syllable]
Selin: küp [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Eric: Let's have a closer look at the usage of one of the phrases from this lesson. The phrase is...
Selin: problem çözmek
Eric: meaning "to solve a problem." What can you tell us about this phrase?
Selin: The first word, problem, is a loanword that means “problem."
Eric: Well, that’s easy to remember! What’s the second word?
Selin: çözmek is a verb that means “to solve." This phrase can be used in both formal and informal speech.
Eric: When do you use this phrase?
Selin: Whenever you’re facing a problem in your life or when talking about math problems.
Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
Selin: Sure. For example, you can say, Finansal problemlerini çözmeden evlenmemelisin.
Eric: ...which means "I think you shouldn't get married until you solve your financial problems."
Eric: Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn even more postpositions.
Eric: We’ll look at the postpositions noun case, nominative and dative.
Selin: Postpositions don’t take the noun case, possessive, and plural suffixes. If they have these, then they’re functioning as a noun.
Eric: Remember that postpositions always come after the noun that they’re referring to.
Selin: So, the noun that comes before the suffix has to take the noun case suffix.
Eric: We can separate postpositions into four different categories.
Selin: We’ll talk about two, specifically the noun case nominative and dative.
Eric: So first, the nominative.
Selin: An example sentence is Kedi için et aldım.
Eric: “I bought meat for the cat.”
Selin: Notice that noun that comes right before the postposition, kedi meaning “cat,” doesn’t take a suffix.
Eric: Let’s hear another example.
Selin: İşe bisiklet ile gittim.
Eric: “I went to work by bike.” How about the postposition noun case dative?
Selin: These postpositions require the forthcoming noun to take -e (-a) dative noun suffix.
Eric: Let’s hear an example.
Selin: Bana göre bu film çok güzel.
Eric: “According to me, this movie is very beautiful.”
Selin: Notice that the noun which comes before postposition göre is Ben, meaning “I” in nominative case. When it takes the dative suffix, the vowel e in the middle of the word becomes a, according to Turkish vowel harmony rules.
Eric: All the Turkish suffixes in dative case adapt to Turkish vowel harmony rules.
Selin: Shall we try more examples?
Eric: I think so, yes!
Selin: Anneme göre okulumu bitirmeliyim.
Eric: “According to my mom, I should graduate from my school.”
Selin: Bugün akşama kadar çalıştım.
Eric: “I have studied until the evening today.”

Outro

Eric: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye!
Selin: Güle güle.

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