B1 · 62 words
Opinions and discussion in Turkish
Giving your opinion, agreeing and disagreeing, giving reasons, weighing things up and summing up at the end.
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From these 62 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.
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An opinion in Turkish often starts with a single word: bence“in my opinion”sence“what do you think?” To disagree, you reach for ama, fakat or ancak — from everyday to formal, like “but”, “however”, “nevertheless”. Many verbs of opinion take a case where English uses a preposition: bu fikre karşı çıkmak“to be against this idea” (dative)bu konuda emin olmak“to be sure about this” (locative) And rağmen “despite” follows the word, with the dative in front: yağmura rağmen “despite the rain”.
The words
Verb (15)
tartışmakto discuss; to argueVerbB1
What: accusative; with whom: -le.
karşı çıkmakto oppose, to objectVerbB1
To what: dative, plana karşı çıkmak.
desteklemekto supportVerbB1
Whom, what: accusative.
savunmakto defend, to argue forVerbB1
What: accusative.
iddia etmekto claimVerbB1
“To claim that”: a noun clause with -dik in the accusative.
kanıtlamakto proveVerbB1
What: accusative.
eleştirmekto criticiseVerbB1
Whom, what: accusative.
itiraz etmekto objectVerbB1
To what: dative, karara itiraz etmek.
ikna etmekto persuade, to convinceVerbB1
Whom: accusative; to do what: dative, onu gelmeye ikna etmek.
önermekto suggestVerbB1
What: accusative; to whom: dative.
abartmakto exaggerateVerbB1
açıklamakto explainVerbB1
What: accusative; to whom: dative.
vurgulamakto emphasise, to stressVerbB1
uzlaşmakto reach a compromise, to agreeVerbB1
yanılmakto be wrong, to be mistakenVerbB1
Noun (15)
görüşview, opinionNounB1
görüş bildirmek “to give one’s view”.
düşüncethought, opinionNounB1
tartışmadiscussion; argumentNounB1
kanıtproof, evidenceNounB1
avantajadvantageNounB1
dezavantajdisadvantageNounB1
eleştiricriticismNounB1
önerisuggestion, proposalNounB1
çözümsolutionNounB1
To what: dative, soruna çözüm.
şüphedoubtNounB1
About what: ablative.
bakış açısıpoint of view, perspectiveNounB1
yorumcomment; interpretationNounB1
yorum yapmak “to comment”.
önyargıprejudiceNounB1
çelişkicontradictionNounB1
gerekçereason, justificationNounB1
Adjective (8)
haklıright (in the right)AdjectiveB1
“To be right” is an adjective with a person ending: haklısın “you are right”.
haksızwrong (in the wrong); unfairAdjectiveB1
olumlupositiveAdjectiveB1
olumsuznegativeAdjectiveB1
Also as an adverb: olumsuz etkilemek “to affect negatively”.
mantıklılogical, sensibleAdjectiveB1
bana mantıklı geliyor “it seems sensible to me”, literally “comes to me sensible”.
saçmasilly, nonsensicalAdjectiveB1
tartışmalıcontroversialAdjectiveB1
eminsureAdjectiveB1
Of what: ablative, bundan eminim “I am sure of that”.
Adverb (11)
bencein my opinion, I thinkAdverbB1
From ben + -ce; likewise sence, bizce.
sencein your opinionAdverbB1
To someone you address as siz: sizce.
kanımcain my viewAdverbB1
More formal than bence; mostly written.
açıkçasıfrankly, to be honestAdverbB1
kesinlikledefinitely, absolutelyAdverbB1
With a negative “definitely not”: kesinlikle hayır.
muhtemelenprobablyAdverbB1
üstelikmoreover, what is moreAdverbB1
hattaevenAdverbB1
Often together with bile after the word.
yine destill, all the sameAdverbB1
kısacasıin shortAdverbB1
önceliklefirst of allAdverbB1
Conjunction (3)
ancakhowever, but; onlyConjunctionB1
More formal than ama. As an adverb “only, not until”: ancak yarın gelir “he will not come until tomorrow”.
fakatbut, howeverConjunctionB1
Means the same as ama, a little more formal.
oysawhereas, when in factConjunctionB1
Sets a fact against an expectation; same meaning: halbuki.
Phrase (8)
bana kalırsaif you ask mePhraseB1
Literally “if it is left to me”.
aynı fikirde olmakto agree, to be of the same opinionPhraseB1
With whom: -le. Negative: aynı fikirde değilim.
bu nedenlefor this reason, thereforePhraseB1
More formal than bu yüzden; mostly written.
sonuç olarakas a result, all in allPhraseB1
bir yandanon the one handPhraseB1
The other side: bir yandan da again or öte yandan.
öte yandanon the other handPhraseB1
hak vermekto admit someone is rightPhraseB1
To whom: dative.
ikna olmakto be convincedPhraseB1
Particle (1)
pekiall right, OK; soParticleB1
At the start of a sentence: accepts what was said and leads to the next question. On its own: “OK”.
Postposition (1)
rağmendespite, in spite ofPostpositionB1
With the dative before it: yorgunluğa rağmen. “Even though”: -mesine rağmen.
This list belongs to Greetings, opinions and ideas — four lists and 194 words that can also be practised as a whole.