Learn idioms including body parts
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| INTRODUCTION |
| James: Idioms Including Body Parts |
| James: Hi everyone, and welcome back to TurkishClass101.com. I'm James. |
| Selin: And I'm Selin! |
| James: This is Must-Know Turkish Slang Words and Phrases, Season 1, Lesson 17. In this lesson, you'll learn idioms including body parts. |
| James: Turkish people use body parts often to describe very different situations. |
| SLANG EXPRESSIONS |
| James: The expressions you will be learning in this lesson are: |
| Selin: ağzında gevelemek |
| Selin: dizini dövmek |
| Selin: dilinin ucuna gelmek |
| Selin: ağzı kulaklarına varmak |
| James: Selin, what's our first expression? |
| Selin: ağzında gevelemek |
| James: literally meaning "to chew in the mouth." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to babble." |
| Selin: [SLOW] ağzında gevelemek [NORMAL] ağzında gevelemek |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Selin: ağzında gevelemek |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when someone isn't clear about a subject. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Lafı ağzında geveleme de söyle. [SLOW] Lafı ağzında geveleme de söyle. |
| James: "Tell me without jabbering." |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Lafı ağzında geveleme de söyle. |
| James: Okay, what's the next expression? |
| Selin: dizini dövmek |
| James: literally meaning "to hit a knee." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to regret." |
| Selin: [SLOW] dizini dövmek [NORMAL] dizini dövmek |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Selin: dizini dövmek |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when you really regret something. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Okulunu bıraktığı için dizini dövüyor. [SLOW] Okulunu bıraktığı için dizini dövüyor. |
| James: "She really regrets that she dropped out." |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Okulunu bıraktığı için dizini dövüyor. |
| James: Okay, what's our next expression? |
| Selin: dilinin ucuna gelmek |
| James: literally meaning "to come to the tip of your tongue." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to feel like you almost said something." |
| Selin: [SLOW] dilinin ucuna gelmek [NORMAL] dilinin ucuna gelmek |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Selin: dilinin ucuna gelmek |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when feeling like you're almost spilling out some words that are not supposed to be said. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Tuğba'nın kıyafeti çok kötüydü. Dilimin ucuna kadar geldi ama birşey demedim. [SLOW] Tuğba'nın kıyafeti çok kötüydü. Dilimin ucuna kadar geldi ama birşey demedim. |
| James: "Tuğba's dress was horrible. I was almost going to tell her, but I didn't." |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Tuğba'nın kıyafeti çok kötüydü. Dilimin ucuna kadar geldi ama birşey demedim. |
| James: Okay, what's the last expression? |
| Selin: ağzı kulaklarına varmak |
| James: literally meaning "someone's mouth reaches his ears." But when it's used as a slang expression, it means "to be really happy." |
| Selin: [SLOW] ağzı kulaklarına varmak [NORMAL] ağzı kulaklarına varmak |
| James: Listeners, please repeat. |
| Selin: ağzı kulaklarına varmak |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| James: Use this slang expression when someone is really happy and excited. |
| James: Now let's hear an example sentence. |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Piyangoyu kazanmış, ağzı kulaklarındaydı. [SLOW] Piyangoyu kazanmış, ağzı kulaklarındaydı. |
| James: "He was so happy because he won the lottery." |
| Selin: [NORMAL] Piyangoyu kazanmış, ağzı kulaklarındaydı. |
| QUIZ |
| James: Okay listeners, are you ready to be quizzed on the expressions you just learned? I will describe four situations, and you will choose the right expression to use in your reply. Are you ready? |
| James: She doesn’t like her new job and wishes she didn’t quit the previous one. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Selin: dizini dövmek |
| James: "to regret" |
| James: He couldn’t say a normal sentence under pressure. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Selin: ağzında gevelemek |
| James: "to babble" |
| James: He won the prize and couldn’t stop smiling all night. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Selin: ağzı kulaklarına varmak |
| James: "to be really happy" |
| James: You saw him making a mistake without realizing it and almost said something to him, but decided not to. |
| [pause - 5 sec.] |
| Selin: dilinin ucuna gelmek |
| James: "to feel like you almost said something" |
Outro |
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| James: There you have it; you have mastered four Turkish Slang Expressions! We have more vocab lists available at TurkishClass101.com so be sure to check them out. Thanks everyone, and see you next time! |
| Selin: Hoşçakalın! |
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