A1 · 30 words
Body and health in Turkish
Head, hands, feet and the words for pain, a temperature and a cold.
Practise this list
From these 30 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
To say where it hurts, Turkish makes the body part the subject and gives it the ending for “my”: başım ağrıyor“my head hurts”dişim ağrıyor“I have toothache” — there is no “I have a …ache” construction Some body words lose a vowel before a vowel ending — ağız → ağzım, burun → burnum, karın → karnım —, others soften: kulak → kulağım. The notes give both.
The words
Verb (2)
ağrımakto hurt, to acheVerbA1
No object; the body part is the subject and carries the ending for “my”: başım ağrıyor.
dinlenmekto restVerbA1
No object; where: locative.
Noun (26)
başheadNounA1
Also “beginning”: yolun başı. Colloquially also kafa.
gözeyeNounA1
kulakearNounA1
Softens: kulağı.
burunnoseNounA1
Vowel drops: burnum, burnu.
ağızmouthNounA1
Vowel drops: ağzım, ağzı.
diştoothNounA1
yüzfaceNounA1
The same word is the number “hundred”.
saçhairNounA1
Singular for the hair on the head, as in English. One syllable, no softening: saçı.
elhandNounA1
kolarmNounA1
bacaklegNounA1
Softens: bacağı.
ayakfootNounA1
Softens: ayağı.
parmakfinger; toeNounA1
Softens: parmağı.
sırtbackNounA1
karınbelly, stomachNounA1
Vowel drops: karnım, karnı.
kalpheartNounA1
Softens with a front vowel: kalbi, not kalpı.
boğazthroatNounA1
The neck from the outside is boyun.
midestomachNounA1
ağrıpain, acheNounA1
ateştemperature, fever; fireNounA1
ilaçmedicineNounA1
Softens: ilacı. Tablets are “drunk”: ilaç içmek.
gripfluNounA1
“To get flu”: grip olmak.
öksürükcoughNounA1
Softens: öksürüğü.
nezlecoldNounA1
Like the flu, with olmak.
vücutbodyNounA1
Softens: vücudu, vücuda.
boyheightNounA1
“Tall” is uzun boylu, “of long height”.
Adjective (2)
hastaill, sick; patientAdjectiveA1
sağlıklıhealthyAdjectiveA1
This list belongs to Body and health — five lists and 183 words that can also be practised as a whole.