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Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 9 - Ordering at a Turkish Restaurant
INTRODUCTION
Eric: Hi everyone, and welcome back to TurkishClass101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 9 - Ordering at a Turkish Restaurant. Eric here.
İçten: Merhaba, I'm İçten.
Eric: In this lesson, you’ll learn about the adverbs “ever,” “never,” “yet,” and “just.” The conversation takes place at a restaurant.
İçten: It's between Özge, Mert, and a waiter.
Eric: The speakers are strangers in a customer service context, so they’ll use formal Turkish. Okay, let's listen to the conversation.
DIALOGUE
Mert: Merhaba, Mert Alp adına çift kişilik bir rezervasyonum vardı.
Garson: Hemen buyrun. Arkadaşınız sizi bekliyor. Cam kenarı lütfen.
Mert: Teşekkürler. Affedersin Özge. Çok trafik vardı. Çok beklettim mi?
Özge: Rica ederim. Yok, aslında ben de henüz geldim.
Mert: İçecek bir şeyler söyleseydin beklerken.
Özge: Söyledim ama hala getirmediler.
Mert: Hayret, buranın servisi asla gecikmezdi. Bir bakar mısınız lütfen? İçecek söylemiştik. Bir de menü alabilir miyiz?
Garson: Tabii. Buyrun.
Özge: Ben vejetaryen menünüzü de alabilir miyim?
Garson: Öyle bir menümüz yok.
Özge: Nasıl? Ama internet sitenizde var görünüyordu.
Garson: Kusura bakmayın ama bizim vejetaryen menümüz hiç olmadı. Ama isterseniz hellim peynirli salatamızı önerebilirim. İçinde et ürünü yoktur.
Eric: Listen to the conversation with the English translation.
Mert: Hello, I have a reservation for two for Mert Alp.
Waiter: Welcome. Your friend's waiting for you. Go to that window table, please.
Mert: Thanks. My apologies Özge. There was a lot of traffic. Sorry to have kept you waiting.
Ozge: That's okay. Actually I've just arrived.
Mert: You should've ordered something to drink while you were waiting.
Ozge: I did, but they haven’t brought it yet.
Mert: I'm surprised. The service here is never slow. Excuse me. We've ordered a drink. And can we have the menu please?
Waiter: Sure, here you go.
Ozge: Can I also get the vegetarian menu?
Waiter: We don't have such a menu.
Ozge: How's that possible? It was on your website.
Waiter: I beg your pardon, but we've never had a vegetarian menu. However, if you want I can recommend our halloumi salad. It doesn't contain any meat products.
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
Eric: What can you tell us about food in Turkey?
İçten: Well, what do you think of when you think of Turkish food?
Eric: Umm, kebabs and baklava...
İçten: Those are very famous, of course, but there are a lot of diverse regional dishes in Turkey. Two areas with good food are the Black Sea and the Aegean region.
Eric: What’s good from the Black Sea?
İçten: I like mıhlama. This is a cheese fondue made with cornmeal, traditional cheese, and butter.
Eric: Sounds delicious. What else is good?
İçten: You can try hamsi too, which are Black Sea anchovies.
Eric: What about the Aegean region?
İçten: The food there is more vegetarian friendly and healthier. The area is known for olives and olive oil.
Eric: Is it a good region for vegetables?
İçten: Yes, the climate means that there are seasonal vegetables all year around. You should try meze, which are appetizers made from many different vegetables.
Eric: Sounds delicious! Okay, now onto the vocab.
VOCAB LIST
Eric: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is..
İçten: çift [natural native speed]
Eric: couple
İçten: çift[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: çift [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: bekletmek [natural native speed]
Eric: to make someone wait
İçten: bekletmek[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: bekletmek [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: söylemek [natural native speed]
Eric: to say
İçten: söylemek[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: söylemek [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: vejetaryen [natural native speed]
Eric: vegetarian
İçten: vejetaryen[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: vejetaryen [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: site [natural native speed]
Eric: website
İçten: site[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: site [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: içecek [natural native speed]
Eric: beverage
İçten: içecek[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: içecek [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: hellim [natural native speed]
Eric: halloumi
İçten: hellim[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: hellim [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: peynir [natural native speed]
Eric: cheese
İçten: peynir[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: peynir [natural native speed]
Eric: Next we have..
İçten: alerji [natural native speed]
Eric: allergy
İçten: alerji[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: alerji [natural native speed]
Eric: And last..
İçten: yer fıstığı [natural native speed]
Eric: peanut
İçten: yer fıstığı[slowly - broken down by syllable]
İçten: yer fıstığı [natural native speed]
KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES
Eric: Let's have a closer look at some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is..
İçten: cam kenarı
Eric: meaning "window side."
Eric: What can you tell us about this?
İçten: It’s a noun clause, and it’s also an undefined compound noun.
Eric: What about the suffixes in this clause?
İçten: The first noun, cam meaning ''glass,'' doesn't have any suffixes and kenar, which means ''corner,'' has the suffix -ı
Eric: What is this clause used for?
İçten: It’s used when you’re buying tickets and want to specify what seat you want.
Eric: Can you give us an example using this phrase?
İçten: Sure. For example, you can say.. Uçakta cam kenarında oturunca tuvalete rahat gidemiyorsun.
Eric: ..which means "When you sit in the window seat in an airplane, you can’t go to the toilet easily." Okay, what's the next word?
İçten: et ürünü
Eric: meaning "meat products". Can you explain this for us, İçten?
İçten: This is also a noun clause that is an undefined compound noun.
Eric: Can you explain the suffixes to us again?
İçten: Sure! Ürün is a noun which means “product” and this clause has a -ü suffix.
Eric: This word is often seen in supermarkets and places like that to show where the meat products are. It’s quite formal, so you mainly see it in writing.
Eric: Can you give us an example using this word?
İçten: Sure. For example, you can say.. Et ürünleri ne tarafta acaba?
Eric: .. which means "Where are the meat products?" Okay, now onto the lesson focus.

Lesson focus

Eric: In this lesson, you'll learn about the adverbs “ever,” “never,” “yet,” and “just.”
Eric: We learned about some adverbs in the last lesson, and we have some more in this lesson.
İçten: Turkish has many adverbs. There are adverbs in the nominative form, which means that they are not conjugated at all. Examples of these are yarın and geç.
Eric: Which mean “tomorrow” and “late” respectively.
İçten: If a derivational suffix or inflectional suffix that functions as a derivational suffix is added, then you have a conjugated adverb. For example, ilkin and kaçta.
Eric: Meaning “initially” and “when,” respectively.
İçten: There are also compound nouns and agglutinated adverbs. There are many examples of these in the lesson notes.
Eric: What’s the first adverb that we’ll look at in this lesson?
İçten: We’ll look at hiç and asla meaning ‘’ever’’ and ‘’never.’’
Eric: These are both adverbs of time.
İçten: Yes, and they can be placed anywhere in the sentence.
Eric: Can you give us an example?
İçten: Hiç öyle yapar mıyım?
Eric: This means “Would I ever do something like that?” In that case, the adverb is at the start of the sentence.
İçten: The next adverb we’ll look at is hala, which means “yet.” Again, this can be placed anywhere in the sentence.
Eric: Can you give us an example with it in the middle of the sentence?
İçten: Evlenmedi hala daha.
Eric: “She hasn’t gotten married yet.”
İçten: Hala evlenmedi means exactly the same thing, but hala is at the start.
Eric: Finally, let’s look at the adverb “just.”
İçten: In Turkish, we can use henüz to mean “just.” It also can mean “yet.” Again, it can be placed anywhere in the sentence.
Eric: Let’s look at a couple of examples using “just.”
İçten: Okay. Henüz saat daha çok erken.
Eric: “It’s just too early now.” In that example, the adverb is at the start of the sentence.

Outro

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

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