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Selam arkadaşlar, ben Zehra. Hi everybody! I’m Zehra.
Welcome to TurkishClass101.com’s “3 dakikada Türkçe”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Turkish.
In the last lesson, we learned how to ask "When" questions in Turkish.
This time, we are going to ask "Who" questions.
Imagine you want to ask your friend who the beautiful girl just behind him is.
Here, the question you can ask is Arkandaki güzel kız kim?
So let’s break down this question.
First we had-
Arkandaki, which is the basic translation of
"behind you."
Güzel is an adjective for “beautiful”, we learned it in previous lessons,
Kız means “girl”, so when you say güzel kız, it means “beautiful girl”. But you can replace güzel with any adjective you want.
And finally, Kim is "Who" in Turkish.
All together it is Arkandaki güzel kız kim?
So in Turkish, "Who" is mainly translated as kim .
For example, if you want to ask "Who are these people?" You will say Bu insanlar kim?
Kim can also be used to ask who did something.
If you are in a museum for instance, you can ask Bu tabloyu kim yaptı? This means "Who painted this painting?"
Another phrase with Kim that is used a lot is Kimin? In this case, the meaning is "Whose".
So if you want to ask "Whose pencil is this?" you will have to say Bu kalem kimin?
If we break down this question, it is-
Bu kalem, which means "this pencil."
we also have Kimin, which is "whose".
You can also use the word kim to ask "for which person is it?" In Turkish, we use Kimin için?
So if you want to know "For whom is this piece of cake?" It will be Bu kek kimin için?
Now it’s time for Zehra’s Insights.
If someone that you didn't expect is knocking at your door in Turkey, the common question you can ask is Kim o? before opening the door.
This literally means "Who is it?" in a really polite way.
Before ending this lesson, let’s go back and look at all the ways to translate "who" in Turkish:
- Kim is the basic "Who" as in “who is that beautiful girl behind you?” Arkandaki bu güzel kız kim?
- Kimin is the equivalent of "Whose", as in "Whose pencil is it?" which is Bu kalem kimin?
- Kimin için, is the direct translation of "For whom?" As in "For whom is this piece of cake?" which is Bu kek kimin için?
In this lesson, we learned how to correctly use the word for "Who" which is Kim in Turkish, but also its variations.
The next lesson will be our last of this absolute beginner series.
We will deal with the last question word neden, which means “why” in Turkish.
I'll be waiting for you in the next 3 dakikada Türkçe lesson.
Görüşmek üzere!

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