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Present Continuous Tense
(yor)
Turkish present continuous tense uses the suffix "yor". The present continuous tense verb is basically one big word containing the verb root, "yor" and the personal suffix.

We obtain the verb root by removing the "mak/mek" from the infinitive form. For example, the verb root of "yazmak" would be "yaz", "izlemek" would be "izle" and "konuşmak" would be "konuş".

We can express the present continuous tense in four ways:

Positive (Eg. I am writing)
Negative (Eg. I am not writing)
Positive Question (Eg. Am I writing?)
Negative Question (Eg. Am I not writing?)
I Ben
You Sen
He / She / It O
We Biz
You (Plural) Siz
They Onlar
Personal pronouns
POSITIVE

To form a positive verb we start off with the verb root. If the verb root ends in a vowel, we drop the vowel at the end completely.

Future Tense
(acak/ecek)
Turkish future tense uses the suffixes "acak" and "ecek". The future tense verb contains the verb root, "acak" or "ecek" and the personal suffix.

We obtain the verb root by removing the "mak/mek" from the infinitive form. For example, the verb root of "yazmak" would be "yaz", "izlemek" would be "izle" and "başlamak" would be "başla".

Turkish future tense can be expressed in four ways:

Positive (Eg. I will write)
Negative (Eg. I will not write)
Positive Question (Eg. Will I write?)
Negative Question (Eg. Will I not write?)
I Ben
You Sen
He / She / It O
We Biz
You (Plural) Siz
They Onlar
Personal pronouns
POSITIVE

To form a positive future tense verb, we start off with the verb root. We attach one of "acak/ecek" based on the last vowel found in the verb root. Finally we attach the personal suffix.

Canım Seninle Olmak İstiyor I Want to Be with You

Nasıl oldu anlayamadım
Tanıştık
Birdenbire
Nedenini sorma boşyere
Seni kucaklamak geldi içimden
Kendimi tutamadım işte geldim yanına

Anladım sendin aradığım hayatım boyunca
Kim koşup açmaz hemen aşk kapıyı çalınca
Yalnız yaşamak zor beklemek ondan da zor
Çektiklerim artık yeter gel benimle ol
Mantık irade kuvvet
Sevince pek işlemiyor
Canım seninle olmak istiyor

İnanmazdım sevgiye
Gülerdim ben herkese
Derdim; insan kısmetini kendi bulur isterse
Oysa sözler ne kadar boş insan sevince
Kalbim sanki deli gibi seni görünce

Mantık irade kuvvet
Sevince pek işlemiyor
Canım seninle olmak istiyor

I couldn't comprehend how, but
We met
Out of nowhere.
Don't ask me why, there is no point
I just wanted to hug you.
I couldn't help myself, and I came to you.

I see now, it was you I have been looking for all my life
Is there anyone who won't open the door when it's love knocking...

Yazılı Medya Aracılığıyla Yabancı Dil Olarak Türkçe Öğretiminde Sosyokültürel Becerinin
Geliştirilmesi
GÖKDUMAN, Umut Can
Hacettepe Üniversitesi
umutcangokduman@gmail.com
Günümüzde bir yabancı dil öğrenmek, o dilde iletişim kurabilecek yeterlikleri geliştirme olarak
düşünülmektedir. Dilin, günlük hayattaki gerçek aktörlerce, doğal kullanımlarına maruz kalarak
öğrenilmesi, dili kullanarak iletişimi gerçekleştirebilmenin en mühim yöntemlerindendir. Bu
gerçek kullanımlar vasıtasıyla, öğrenenin de kendi dil becerilerini geliştirerek, uygun durumlarda
bunları hayata geçirmesi beklenmektedir. Yazılı ya da sözlü özgün metinler, hem öğrenen
motivasyonunu artırdıkları hem de öğrenilenleri belli bir iletişim durumunda hayata geçirme
imkânı verdikleri için yabancı dil öğretiminde ve öğreniminde büyük bir önem arz eder. Üzerinde
öğretim amaçlı herhangi bir oynama yapılmamış özgün dokümanlara en güzel örneklerden bir

Past Tense
Tenses
There are 5 fundamental tenses in Turkish. These are:
Present simple tense (Geniş zaman)
Present continuous tense (Şimdiki zaman)
Future tense (Gelecek zaman)
Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmiş zaman) --> Regular past tense
Past tense with -miş (-miş'li geçmiş zaman) --> Also called the story past tense
Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmiş zaman) --> Regular past tense
There is no suffix for the regular past tense. The only point is that you must use the past tense form of to be. Be careful about the harmony rules though, as always. The use of the past tense with -di is almost the same as the English past tense.
To tell an action that took place in the past.
He came. --> Geldi.
To make a statement that was true in the past.
She was beautiful. --> Güzeldi.

Var And Yok
In Turkish, "var" and "yok" are used to express the presence and absence of things. There are no direct English equivalents so understanding these concepts are important in learning Turkish. "Var" and "yok" are generally placed at the end of the sentence. There are four cases to be considered:

Positive - Var
Negative - Yok
Positive Question - Var mı
Negative Question - Yok mu
1. POSITIVE - VAR
Var basically means "there is".

Examples:
Garajda araba var - There is a car in the garage
Parkta çoçuk var - There is a child in the park
Futbol sahasında top var - There is a ball on the football field
Trende yolcu var - There is a passenger on the train
Camide müezzin var - There is a muezzin in the mosque
2. NEGATIVE - YOK
Yok is used to mean "there isn't".

Examples:
Garajda araba yok - There isn't a car in the garage
Parkta çoçuk yok - There isn't a child in the park
Futbol sahasında top yok - There isn't a ball on the football field

Examples:

BEN Ben I …….
SEN Sen You (singular) You (Jane)
O O He/ She / It

BİZ Biz We We (teachers)
SİZ Siz You (plural) You (students)
ONLAR Onlar They My parents


TURKISH FAMILY EXPRESSIONS

MY (-m) YOUR (-n)
Anne mother Annem annen
Baba babam baban
Abi (Ağabey) abim abin
Abla ablam ablan
Kız kardeş kız kardeşim kız kardeşin
Erkek kardeş erkek kardeşim erkek kardeşin
Anneanne anneannem anneannen
Babaanne babaannem babaannen
Dede dedem deden
Amca
Hala
Teyze
Dayı
Enişte
Yenge
Yeğen
Kuzen

Family Members
IMMEDIATE
Father Baba
Mother Anne
Brother Kardeş
Sister Kız kardeş
Elder brother Abi
Elder sister Abla
Grandfather Dede
Grandmother See below
Grandchild Torun
Husband Koca
Wife Hanım
Spouse (Husband / Wife) Eş
Son Oğul
Daughter Kız
MATERNAL
Aunt Teyze
Uncle Dayı
Grandmother Anneanne
PATERNAL
Aunt Hala
Uncle Amca
Grandmother Babaanne
IN-LAWS
Mother-in-law Kaynana / Kayınvalide
Father-in-law Kayınbaba / Kayınpeder

Translation / Learning

Learn turkish - Learning


English↕ Turkish↕
Do you want to learn a few words? Birkaç kelime öğrenmek ister misin? - birkatch kelime öwhrenmek ister misin
Yes, sure! Tabii ki! - tabii ki
What's this called? Buna ne denir? - buna ne denir
What's this called? Bu ne? - bu ne
It's a table Bu bir masa - bu bir massa
A table. Do you understand? Bir masa. Anlıyor musun? - bir massa. anloeyor mussun
I don't understand Anlamıyorum - anlamoeyorum
Can you repeat please? Tekrar eder misin lütfen? - tekrar eder missin lütfen
Can you talk a bit more slowly, please ? Biraz daha yavaş konuşabilir misin lütfen? - biraz daha yavach konuchabilir missin lütfen
Could you write it down, please? Yazabilir misin lütfen? - yazabilir missin lütfen
I get it Anlıyorum - anloeyorum

Politics
Ballot box Sandık
Border Sınır
Citizen Vatandaş
Constitution Anayasa
Coup Darbe
Democracy Demokrasi
Economy Ekonomi
Election Seçim
Government Hükümet
Minister Bakan
Parliament Parlamento / Meclis
Party Parti
Politician Siyasetçi
Politics Siyaset
President Cumhurbaşkanı / Devlet Başkanı
Prime Minister Başbakan
Republic Cumhuriyet
Vote Oy
War Savaş

Why is it so difficult to learn English in Turkey?

Learning another language, for most people, is excessively difficult and takes much commitment. Not all of us are gifted with the talent of learning languages. In fact, the majority of us find learning languages difficult. But what makes it so difficult? Not being talented? This is barely a reason. Talent is learned, not born. So what makes learning languages so hard?

Present Simple Tense
Tenses
There are 5 fundamental tenses in Turkish. These are:
Present simple tense (Geniş zaman)
Present continuous tense (Şimdiki zaman)
Future tense (Gelecek zaman)
Past tense with -di (-di'li geçmiş zaman) --> Regular past tense
Past tense with -miş (-miş'li geçmiş zaman) --> Also called the story past tense
Present simple tense (Geniş zaman)
The present simple tense is used, very much ike the one in English:
To make general statements
Water boils at 100 degrees. --> Su 100 derecede kaynar.
To mention things you do regularly
I run every morning. --> Her sabah koşarım.

Present simple tense is used only for verbs, it is not meaningful for nouns and adjectives.

Present simple tense of a verb is constructed this way:
verb root + ir or er + present tense to be

© Kamla-Raj 2016 Anthropologist, 24(1): 373-379 (2016)
Using Films to Teach Proverbs and Idioms for Lifelong Learning*
Yasemin Yilmaz Atagul
Istanbul Sehir University, School of Languages, Istanbul, 34662, Turkey
E-mail: yaseminatagul@sehir.edu.tr
KEYWORDS Audio Visual Aids. Cultural Dimension. Lifelong Education. Teaching Language. Television series.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to measure the efficiency of teaching learners of Turkish as a foreign
language, through television series, the proverbs and idioms which can be considered important socio-cultural
instruments in terms of the lifelong learning approach. An experimental pattern with pre-test and post-test
experiment-control groups are used in this study. The research data were obtained from 137 foreign students at B2
level who study at Fatih University TOMER and Gazi University TOMER. Using the responses of the students to

Present Simple Tense
(r)
We use the present simple tense for actions that we do all the time. It is used for actions that we have done in the past, that we still do now and that we will continue to do in the future. Eg.:

I write
I eat
He thinks
She uses
They draw

In Turkish, we indicate the present simple tense by attaching certain suffixes to the verb root. We obtain the verb root by removing the "mak/mek" from the infinitive form. For example, the verb root of "yazmak" would be "yaz", "kullanmak" would be "kullan" and "yemek" would be "ye".

We can express the present simple tense in four ways:

Positive (Eg. I eat)
Negative (Eg. I do not eat)
Positive Question (Eg. Do I eat?)
Negative Question (Eg. Do I not eat?)
I Ben
You Sen
He / She / It O
We Biz
You (Plural) Siz
They Onlar
Personal pronouns
POSITIVE

Islam
Muslim Müslüman
Islam İslam
Quran Kur'ân
Sunnah Sünnet
MOSQUE
Ablution (Wuzu) Abdest
Call to prayer Ezan
Dome Kubbe
Imam (Leader of prayer) İmam
Minaret Minare
Mosque Cami
Muazzin (One who gives call to prayer) Müezzin
Niche Mihrap
Pulpit Minber
Salaah (Prayer) Namaz
SALAAH (PRAYER)
Fajr salaah Sabah namazı
Thuhr salaah Öğle namazı
Asr salaah İkindi namazı
Maghrib salaah Akşam namazı
Esha salaah Yatsı namazı
To perform salaah Namaz kılmak
RAMADAN (FASTING MONTH)
To Fast Oruç tutmak
Iftar İftar
Laylatul Qadr Kadir gecesi
Ramadan Ramazan
Ramadan Mubarak Ramazanınız Mübarek Olsun
Suhoor Sahur
Taraweeh salaah Teravih namazı
SPECIAL OCCASIONS
Eid Al-Fitr Ramazan Bayramı
Eid Al-Adha Kurban Bayramı
Eid Mubarak Bayramınız Mübarek Olsun
Jumuah Cuma
Jumuah Mubarakah Cumanız Mübarek Olsun
Hajj Hac
Umrah Umre
MONTHS (HIJRI)
Muharram Muharrem
Safar Safer
Rabi'ul Awwal Rebiülevvel
Rabi'ul Akhir Rebiülahir
Jumadul Awwal Cemaziyelevvel