Tanışalım

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More sentences on this in “Language in use”: Polite Turkish

Words

45

Sentences

18

Words per sentence

2.5

in the vocabulary

100 %

measured level

A1

Reading time

1 min

Grammar in this text

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• Öğretmenim · öğrenciyim

  “I am” is an ending that follows vowel harmony: öğretmen-im, öğrenci-y-im (with y after a vowel). “To be” as an ending →

• içer misin

  The question word mi is written separately, and the person hangs on mi: içer misin? “would you drink?” The question particle “mi” →

• Senin adın ne

  Among young people sen: Senin adın ne? To a stranger it would be Sizin adınız ne? sen or siz: familiar or polite you →

The words from A1 up in this text

Not the hard words in general, but those at your level: all 19 of the 33 words in this text are at A1 or above. You will know everything else by the time you get here.

• ad

  name, first name

  A1

• Alman

  German (person); German

  A1

• bilmek

  to know; to be able to

  A1

• etmek

  to do, to make (in compounds)

  A1

• gelmek

  to come

  A1

• iyi

  good

  A1

• içmek

  to drink

  A1

• iş

  work, job; matter

  A1

• memnun

  pleased, satisfied

  A1

• merhaba

  hello

  A1

• nereli

  where from (origin)

  A1

• olmak

  to become; to be; to happen

  A1

• tabii

  of course

  A1

• teşekkür ederim

  thank you

  A1

• Türkçe

  Turkish (language)

  A1

• yapmak

  to do, to make

  A1

• çay

  tea

  A1

• öğrenci

  pupil, student

  A1

• öğretmen

  teacher

  A1

The word lists for this text

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The verbs on this page, in every form: gelmek · içmek · bilmek

Comprehension questions

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