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Hey, you guys, welcome to TurkishClass101.com. It's Seda again, and today we'll talk about business must-know business expressions for a presentation. So I know that most of you guys are learning Turkish for business purposes, so you may need some vocabulary, some common expressions to use while preparing or to just listen to a presentation. So let's start.
I want to start with some common verbs to use, so you can pick and use them. Okay, let's check. Okay, the first one is to inform, 'bilgilendirmek'. The other one is to brief, “özet geçmek”. And the other one is to clarify, 'açıklığa kavuşturmak'. This is a long one. 'Açıklığa kavuşturmak' is to meet, but with, you know, you, if you use it after so long, you know, you don't see each other, then you met once again, then you “kavuşursunuz” “açık means clear, open. 'açıklığa kavuşturmak'. So this is the verb. And 'açıklamak' means open, 'açıklamak' is like clearance. So to make it, at the end of all the trouble, you make it open and clear, and you just clarify it.”açıklığa kavuştıurmak”. It is very dramatic.
And the other one is to stress, 'vurgulamak'. I can't stress this enough, 'vurgulamak'. It is coming from “vurmak” It means that you are like, 'Hey, look at this part, this is important.' You are stressing.
The other one is to handle, 'ilgilenmek'. This also means to take care. You can take care, for example, you can take care of a business or your kid. So it's a more common word, 'ilgilenmek'.
So “outline”, this is also a long one, 'taslak çıkarmak'. 'Taslak çıkarmak' is something like a draft, 'taslak çıkarmak', to make a draft, to outline things, 'taslak çıkarmak'. And the next one is to update. Actually, you know, some of these words, for example, 'update', it's not very, I don't like to use English words while speaking Turkish, but a lot of business people are now using 'handle', 'brief', 'inform', 'stress', 'outline', 'update', 'report', these kind of things with Turkish accent, of course, you know, for business conversations. Where is the 'update', for example, they use 'update' a lot. But I think it's better to use the Turkish words. If you are speaking Turkish, use Turkish, if you speak English, use English. That's my motto.
Okay, so to update is 'güncellemek'. If you notice the word 'gün', it means day, 'güncel' means update, 'güncellemek' means to update. So you make it to today, that's the meaning. You make it today, so you renew it, you update it, and it's new, 'güncellemek'.
And “decrease” “azalmak” , increase “artmak”
And to report, 'bildirmek', 'bildirmek'.
Okay, so these are some words that you can use during the presentation. And now I wanted to make it like a presentation. So first, opening, the things you say, the outline, the things you say in between, and the closure for the closing of the meeting. So I picked a couple of phrases for each part, so you can pick, of course, it's not limited to these phrases, but I can't put everything here. So I hope this gives you an idea of how to do it.
So when you start, you can, of course, use the regular common welcoming things like 'welcome', 'good morning', 'good night', I don't know, it's up to the time of the day. Or like 'good evening', 'good morning', things like that. So you can say 'welcome', 'hoş geldiniz'. You have to say 'hoş geldiniz', not 'hoş geldin', because 'hoş geldiniz' is for the crowd, not just for one person. So you can start with 'hoş geldiniz'. And you can say “iyi günler”, “good days” or you can say “günaydın” 'good morning', 'günaydın', if it's a morning. Or if it's a late meeting, you can say 'good evening', 'iyi akşamlar'.
It's good to start with a little chit-chat. Turkish people love chatting, and the meetings can be along with sometimes dinners or breakfasts, and Turkish people love to eat and speak. So expect long meetings. We are not very time-oriented people. You know, in Europe and in more Western countries, you know, you have a meeting, a meeting time, and you generally stick to it. And Turkish people, we are relaxed, we can be late a little, and the meetings can be longer than you think. So be prepared.
Anyway, you can start with something like, you know, 'I thank you for coming today.' So it is 'Bugün buraya geldiğiniz için sizlere teşekkür ederim.' Don't forget, I will say it slower, 'Bugün buraya geldiğiniz için sizlere teşekkür ederim.' So you set your hi’s and you thank them. And now you want to start, and you want to say, 'Okay, let's start.' Just that, you have to bring people together because we are chatting, chatting all over the places. Okay, so you say, “O zaman başlayalım.' Then let's start, guys.
So you want to explain the, you know, in the beginning, you need to explain the topic of your presentation. So you want to say, 'Today, I want to talk about blah, blah, blah.' So 'Bugün blah, blah, hakkında konuşacağım.' I talked about it before, you can check the other videos for the future tense, “cağım, ceğim, ceğiz” especially for the first person. We, while writing, we write it like that, “konuşacağım” but when we say, we just say,”konuşucam” 'Bugün sizlre blah, blah, blah hakkında konuşacağım.'
So you just started, and you want to outline or organize your speech. So you can say, 'My presentation, my talk has three parts,' or 'it includes three parts,' something like that. You can say:” 'Sunumum /Konuşmam üç bölümden oluşuyor.' And you start speaking, and the first one, the second one, and the third one, you can say, 'Birinci bölüm, ikinci bölüm, üçüncü bölüm.'
So you can start explaning like that. Birinci bölüm first part, ikinci bölüm second part and üçüncü bölüm third part.
So you may introduce another speaker or another colleague of yours to the people who are listening to you. So you can say, 'Now, from now on, she will be talking about this,' something like that. So let's say, 'Now, Sevgi will be telling you about blah, blah.' Sevgi size blah, blah, blah anlatacak.” “You just fill the 'blah, blah'. What should we say? 'The end of the year report.' We'll talk about the end of the year. Okay, something like that. “Sevgi size yıl sonu raporlarını anlatacak.” Ok?
So you can, I want to add this, you want to recognize the knowledge of the listeners. You may say something like, 'As you know, “bildiğiniz üzere” or “bildiğiniz gibi.You can add things like that to smooth your array. And I told you this a little bit earlier, to make your point, you can say, 'First of all,' “ilk olarak” or 'Second of all,' “ikinci olarak” İlk olarak bla bla bla, ikinci olarak bla bla bla, you can go on like that. Üçüncü, dördüncü.' We have a video about those kind of numbers. And you can say the last of all like, 'At last.' “son olarak.”
Okay, so if you want to use some figures, charts, and you want to look, make them look at the charts, you can say, 'Look at these charts.' 'Şu tabloya bakarsanız.' If you look at these charts, you would say, you will see blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.” blah blah blah göreceksiniz.” Şu tabloya bakarsanız, bla bla bla göreceksiniz.' For example, 'If you look at this chart, you'll see that we are not in a good shape because of COVID-19.' “Eğer şu tabloya bakarsanız, Covid 19 yüzünden iyi durumda olmadığımızı göreceksiniz.”
You may use rhetorical questions if you like to use them, you know, the questions that you are not expecting an answer, actually. So you can just ask and answer for yourself. 'How do we interpret this chart? How do we analyze this chart? What do we think about this chart?' Something like that. If you want to ask the question, then you start explaining, 'This is what we should be looking for.' Like, 'Bu tablodan ne anlıyoruz?” or “Bu tabloyu nasıl yorumlayamalıyız?” Then you continue. So then you continue, 'We should blah, blah, blah,' something like that.
So you can ask real questions, not just rhetorical ones. You can say, 'I will answer your questions at the end of my speech.' So you make sure that they don't interfere with your presentation. But you know, we are hot-blooded, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern people, so that's not gonna ensure that you're not being stopped or something like that. Anyway, so you can say, “Sorularınızı sunumdan sonra alacağım.” 'I'll answer your questions, I will get your questions after my presentations. Or you can say, 'I can now answer your questions.' 'Şimdi sorularınızı cevaplayabilirim.'
And when you're done, you want to conclude some way, and you would say, 'In conclusion,' like, you know, something like that, you would use, 'Sonuç olarak,' or 'Sonuçta, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.' You can finish whatever you want. And you should also thank people for coming, and you will just say, “Teşekkür ederim dinlediğiniz için.” 'Thank you, thank you for listening,' and that would be nice. And actually, you can say one more thing, you can say, 'I would like to finish, I would like to end with, I would like to wind up by saying, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,blah, blah.' “Sunumu bla blah blah ile bitirmek istiyorum.”
So, I hope this gives you a little bit of idea how to make a presentation. Of course, it depends on the presentation and the subject and the meeting and the people around you, like how casual or how formal it is. But these were general examples. So I hope they helped you. I will see you next time. Thank you. Bye.
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