A2StoryFood and cooking1 min

İlk davet

Tobias is invited to a friend’s family for dinner for the first time.

An invitation, told with -di. Watch the sentences that are never missing at a meal: Biraz daha yiyin! from the hostess and Elinize sağlık as thanks for the food — literally “health to your hands”.

Tobias'ın Türk bir arkadaşı var: Emre. Geçen cumartesi Emre'nin annesi Tobias'ı yemeğe davet etti.

Tobias çiçek aldı ve saat yedide Emre'nin evine gitti. Kapıda ayakkabılarını çıkardı. Emre'nin annesi ona terlik verdi.

Masada çok yemek vardı: çorba, köfte, pilav, salata ve börek. Tobias her şeyi denedi. Hepsi çok lezzetliydi.

Tobias doydu, ama sonra baklava geldi! Emre'nin annesi “Biraz daha yiyin, lütfen!” dedi. Tobias iki tane daha yedi.

Gece eve döndü. Çok toktu, ama çok mutluydu. Emre'nin annesine bir mesaj yazdı: “Elinize sağlık, her şey çok güzeldi!”

More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Turkish for eating and drinking

Words: 85
Sentences: 16
Words per sentence: 5.3
in the vocabulary: 100 %
measured level: A2
Reading time: 1 min

Grammar in this text

These forms appear in the text in real use. Switch on “Show grammar” above the text to highlight them.

Tobias'ı · ayakkabılarını · çiçek aldı
A definite object in -i/-ı: Tobias'ı, ayakkabılarını; an indefinite one without an ending: çiçek aldı “he bought flowers”. The accusative: the definite object →
Emre'nin annesi
The possessive construction: Emre'nin annesi “Emre’s mother” — -nin on the owner, -si on what is owned. English marks only the owner. The possessive construction →
Elinize sağlık
Elinize sağlık is the thanks to whoever has cooked. Everyday set phrases →

The words from A2 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 9 of the 62 words in this text are at A2 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

baklava
baklava
A2
börek
börek (filled pastry)
A2
davet
invitation
A2
doymak
to be full, to have had enough to eat
A2
geçen
last, past
A2
köfte
meatballs
A2
mesaj
message, text
A2
tane
piece (counter)
A2
tok
full (not hungry)
A2

The word lists for this text

The words in this text appear in 15 lists on this site; the number after each says how many come from that list. Having read the text, you have just needed these very words — and can practise exactly them.

Verb forms 12 Numbers and time 5 Food and drink 4 Ordering in a restaurant 4 Family and people 3 Home and household 3 Words for every day 2 The most frequent adjectives 2 Clothes 2 All-purpose words 1 Shopping 1 Body and health 1 Phone and internet 1 Appointments and arrangements 1 Time and frequency 1

The verbs on this page, in every form: gelmek · gitmek · yemek · yazmak · demek · dönmek · denemek · doymak

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. Tobias'ı kim yemeğe davet etti?

2. Tobias kapıda ne yaptı?

3. Mesajda ne yazdı?