TURKISH VOCABULARY
for English speakers
Contains the most commonly used words Recommended as an addition to any language course Meets the needs of beginners and advanced learners of foreign languages Convenient for daily use, reviewing sessions, and self-testing activities Allows you to assess your vocabulary T&P Books vocabularies are intended for helping you learn, memorize and review foreign words. This vocabulary contains over 9000 commonly used words arranged thematically. 256 themes cover all major aspects of everyday activities, business, science, culture, etc. Foreign language learners often feel the necessity to enrich their vocabulary with new words and review the materials they have studied before in order to talk on different subjects more fluently and comprehensively. Conventional dictionaries with alphabetical arrangement of words fail to produce effective results, whereas theme dictionaries from T&P Books are specially designed to elevate the convenience of studying and reviewing the vocabulary. This vocabulary book can be used as an addition to a foreign language course textbook or a course.
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ABBREVIATIONS
used in the vocabulary
ab. about
adj adjective
adv adverb
anim. animate
as adj attributive noun used as adjective
e.g. for example
etc. et cetera
fam. familiar
fem. feminine
form. formal
inanim. inanimate
masc. masculine
math mathematics
mil. military
n noun
pl plural
pron. pronoun
sb somebody
sing. singular
sth something
v aux auxiliary verb
vi intransitive verb
vi, vt intransitive, transitive verb
vt transitive verb
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Letter Turkish example T&P phonetic alphabet English example
Vowels
A a ada [a] shorter than in ask E e e [e] elm, medal I tp [] big, America i isim [i] shorter than in feet O o top [] bottle, doctor dl [] eternal, church U u mum [u] book st [y] fuel, tuna
Consonants
B b baba [b] baby, book C c cam [] joke, general ay [] church, French D d di [d] day, doctor F f fikir [f] face, food G g gzel [g] game, gold oul no sound le vakti [j] yes, New York H h hata [h] home, have J j jest [] forge, pleasure K k komu [k] clock, kiss L l lise [l] lace, people M m meydan [m] magic, milk N n nee [n] name, normal P p posta [p] pencil, private R r rakam [r] rice, radio S s sabah [s] city, boss ark [] machine, shark T t tren [t] tourist, trip V v vazo [v] very, river Y y ya [j] yes, New York Z z zil [z] zebra, please
Comments
* Letters Ww, Xx used in foreign words only 1 silent after hard vowels (a, , o, u) and lengthens this vowel 2 after soft vowels (e, i, , )
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BASIC CONCEPTS
Pronouns
I, me ben [bn] you sen [sn] he, she, it o [o] we biz [biz] you (to a group) siz [siz] they onlar [onlar]
Greetings. Salutations. Farewells
Hello! (fam.) Selam! [sam] Hello! (form.) Merhaba! [mrhaba] Good morning! Gnaydn! [gynajdn] Good afternoon! yi gnler! [ij gynlr] Good evening! yi akamlar! [ij akamlar] to say hello selam vermek [sam vrmk] Hi! (hello) Selam!, Merhaba! [sam mrhaba] greeting (n) selam [sam] to greet (vt) selamlamak [samlamak] How are you? Naslsn? [naslsn] What's new? Ne var ne yok? [n var n jok] Bye-Bye! Goodbye! Hoca kaln! [hoa kaln] See you soon! Grrz! [gryyryz] Farewell! (to a friend) Gle gle! [gyl gyl] Farewell (form.) Elveda! [vda] to say goodbye vedalamak [vdalamak] So long! Hoa kal! [hoa kal] Thank you! Teekkr ederim! [tkkyr drim] Thank you very much! ok teekkr ederim! [ok tkkyr drim] You're welcome Rica ederim [ria drim] Don't mention it! Bir ey deil [bir j di:] It was nothing Estafurullah [sta:furulla] Excuse me! (fam.) Affedersin! [afdrsin] Excuse me! (form.) Affedersiniz! [afdrsiniz] to excuse (forgive) affetmek [aftmk] to apologize (vi) zr dilemek [zyr dilmk] My apologies zr dilerim [zyr dilrim] I'm sorry! Affedersiniz! [afdrsiniz] to forgive (vt) affetmek [aftmk] please (adv) ltfen [lytfn] Don't forget! Unutmayn! [unutmajn] Certainly! Kesinlikle! [ksinlikt] Of course not! Tabi ki hayr! [tabi ki hajr] Okay! (I agree) Tamam! [tamam] That's enough! Yeter artk! [jtr artk]
How to address
mister, sir Beyefendi [bjfndi] ma'am Hanmefendi [hanmfndi] miss Hanmefendi [hanmfndi] young man Gen, delikanl [gn], [dlikanl] young man (little boy) Olum [o:lum] miss (little girl) Kzm [kzm]
Cardinal numbers. Part 1
0 zero sfr [sfr] 1 one bir [bir] 2 two iki [iki] 3 three [ju] 4 four drt [drt] 5 five be [b] 6 six alt [alt] 7 seven yedi [jdi] 8 eight sekiz [skiz] 9 nine dokuz [dokuz] 10 ten on [on] 11 eleven on bir [on bir] 12 twelve on iki [on iki] 13 thirteen on [on ju] 14 fourteen on drt [on drt] 15 fifteen on be [on b] 16 sixteen on alt [on alt] 17 seventeen on yedi [on jdi] 18 eighteen on sekiz [on skiz] 19 nineteen on dokuz [on dokuz] 20 twenty yirmi [jrmi] 21 twenty-one yirmi bir [jrmi bir] 22 twenty-two yirmi iki [jrmi iki] 23 twenty-three yirmi [jrmi ju] 30 thirty otuz [otuz] 31 thirty-one otuz bir [otuz bir] 32 thirty-two otuz iki [otuz iki] 33 thirty-three otuz [otuz ju] 40 forty krk [krk] 41 forty-one krk bir [krk bir] 42 forty-two krk iki [krk iki] 43 forty-three krk [krk ju] 50 fifty elli [lli] 51 fifty-one elli bir [lli bir] 52 fifty-two elli iki [lli iki] 53 fifty-three elli [lli ju] 60 sixty altm [altm] 61 sixty-one altm bir [altm bir] 62 sixty-two altm iki [altm iki] 63 sixty-three altm [altm ju] 70 seventy yetmi [jtmi] 71 seventy-one yetmi bir [jtmi bir] 72 seventy-two yetmi iki [jtmi iki] 73 seventy-three yetmi [jtmi ju] 80 eighty seksen [sksn] 81 eighty-one seksen bir [sksn bir] 82 eighty-two seksen iki [sksn iki] 83 eighty-three seksen [sksn ju] 90 ninety doksan [doksan] 91 ninety-one doksan bir [doksan bir] 92 ninety-two doksan iki [doksan iki] 93 ninety-three doksan [doksan ju]
Cardinal numbers. Part 2
100 one hundred yz [juz] 200 two hundred iki yz [iki juz] 300 three hundred yz [u juz] 400 four hundred drt yz [drt juz] 500 five hundred be yz [b juz] 600 six hundred alt yz [alt juz] 700 seven hundred yedi yz [jdi juz] 800 eight hundred sekiz yz [skiz juz] 900 nine hundred dokuz yz [dokuz juz] 1000 one thousand bin [bin] 2000 two thousand iki bin [iki bin] 3000 three thousand bin [ju bin] 10000 ten thousand on bin [on bin] one hundred thousand yz bin [juz bin] million milyon [bir mion] billion milyar [bir mijar]
Ordinal numbers
first (adj) birinci [birini] second (adj) ikinci [ikini] third (adj) nc [uuny] fourth (adj) drdnc [drdyny] fifth (adj) beinci [bini] sixth (adj) altnc [altn] seventh (adj) yedinci [jdini] eighth (adj) sekizinci [skizini] ninth (adj) dokuzuncu [dokuzunu] tenth (adj) onuncu [onunu]