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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 |
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| 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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