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Some Useful Turkish Words


TURKISH                 PRONUNCIATION                     ENGLISH


EVET                    EH-VEHT                      YES
HAYIR                   HY-IHR                       NO
VAR                     VAHR                         THERE IS
YOK                     YOHK                         THERE IS NONE
LÜTFEN                  LEUT-FEHN                    PLEASE

BIR SEY DEGIL           BIHR SHAY DAYL               YOU’RE WELCOME, NOT AT ALL
TESEKKÜR EDERIM         TESH-EH-KEUR EH-DEH-RIHM     THANK YOU
AFFEDERSHINIZ           AHF-FEH-DEHR-SIH-NIZ         PORDON, EXUSE ME
ALLAHAISMARLADIK        AHL-AHS-MAHR-LAH-DIK         GOOD BYE
GÜLE GÜLE               GEU-LEH GEU-LEH              GOOD BYE

MERHABA                 MEHR-HAH-BAH                 HELLO
GÜNAYDIN                GEUH-AHY-DIN                 GOOD MORNING
NASILSINIZ              NAH-SIL-SIN-NIZ              HOW ARE YOU
NE KADAR                NEH KAH-DAHR                 HOW MUCH IS IT
POSTANE                 POS-TAH-NEH                  POST OFFICE

LOKANTA                 LOH-KAHN-TAH                 RESTAURANT
BANKA                   BAHN-KAH                     BANK
SOKAK, CADDESI          SOH-KAHK, JAD-DEH-SIH        STREET
NEREDE                  NEH-REH-DEH                  WHERE IS
TÜRKÇE BILMIYORUM       TEURK-CHEH                   I DON’T SPEAK TURKISH
	                BIH-MIH-YOHR-OOM

UCUZ                    OO-JOO	                     CHEAP
PAHALI                  PAH-HAH-LIH                  EXPENSIVE
PARA                    PAH-RAH                      MONEY
ESKI                    ES-KIH                       OLD
YENI                    YEH-NIH                      NEW
GÜZEL                   GEU-ZEHL                     BEAUTIFUL (ALL PURPOSE COMPLIMENTS)

BILIYORUM               BIHL-IH-YOHR-OOM             I KNOW
BILMIYORUM              BIHL-MIH-YOHR-OOM            I D’ONT KNOW
SEBZE                   SEYB-ZEH                     VEGETABLE
BALIK                   BAH-LIHK                     FISH
ET                      EHT                          MEAT

SALATA                  SAH-LAH-TAH                  SALAD
SARAP                   SHAH-RAHP                    WINE
BIRA                    BIH-RAH                      BEER
SU                      SUE                          WATER
BIR                     BIHR                         ONE

IKI                     IH-KIH                       TWO
ÜÇ                      EUTCH                        THREE
DÖRT                    DEURT                        FOUR
BES                     BESH                         FIVE
ALTI                    AHL-TIH                      SIX

YEDI                    YEH-DIH                      SEVEN
SEKIZ                   SEH-KIHZ                     EIGHT
DOKUZ                   DOH-KOOZ                     NINE
ON                      OHN                          TEN
ONBIR                   OHN-BIHR                     ELEVEN
YÜZ                     YEUZ                         HUNDRED
BIN                     BIHN                         THOUSAND