Turkish Phrases

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Below you will find lots of useful words that you can use during your holiday and when buying a property…

 

Basic Phrases

Yes                                           Evet

No                                             Hayir

Please                                      Lutfen

Thank you                                Tesekkur ederim

Hello                                         merhaba/selam

Goodbye                                  hoscakal/hosckalin or allahaismarladik [if you are the person leaving]

                                                 gule gule [if you are the person seeing someone off]

Good morning                         gunaydin

Good evening                          iyi aksamlar

How are you?                          Nasilsiniz?/ne haber?

I am well                                   iyiyim

I don’t understand                   anlamiyorum

Where is…?                            Nerede…?

Left                                           sol

Right                                         sag

Here                                          burada

There                                         surada

There is                                     var

There is none                            yok[general used much more than hayir to denote ‘no’]

Excuse me                                affedersi.affedersiniz [polite form]or pardon.ozurdilerim

Wait a minute                           birdakika lutfen

Cheap                                       ucuz

Expensive                                 pahali

Airport                                       havaalani/havalimani

Bus station                                otogar/terminal

Train station                              tren stasyonu/tern gari

Petrol station                            benzin istasyonu/benzilik

Bank                                          banka

Restaurant                                lokanta/restaurant/restoran



Numbers

One                                         bir

Two                                         iki

Three                                      uc

Four                                        dort

Five                                         bes

Six                                           alti

Seven                                     yedi

Eight                                       sekiz

Nine                                        dokuz

Ten                                         on

Eleven                                    onbir

Twelve                                    oniki

Thirteen                                  onuc

Fourteen                                ondurt

Fifteen                                    onbes

Sixteen                                   onalti

Seventeen                              onyedi

Eighteen                                 onsekiz

Nineteen                                 ondokuz

Twenty                                     yirmi

Thirty                                        otuz

Forty                                         kirk

Fifty                                          elli

Sixty                                         atmis

Seventy                                    yetmis

Eighty                                       seksen

Ninety                                       doksan

One hundred                            yuz

Two hundred                            ikiyuz

One thousand                          bin

One hundred thousand           yuzbin

One million                               bir milyon

One billion                                bir milyar

 

Time

When?                                     Ne zaman?

Yesterday                                dun

Today                                      bugun

Tomorrow                                yarin

Later                                        sonra

In the morning                         sabahleyin,ogleden once

At noon                                    ogleyin,oglen,ogie

In the afternoon                       ogleden sonra

In the evening                          aksam

 

 

Days

Sunday                                     Pazar

Monday                                    Pazartesi

Tuesday                                   Sali

Wednesday                             Carsamba

Thursday                                  Persembe

Friday                                      Cuma

Saturday                                  Cumartesi



Months

January                                    ocak

February                                  subat

March                                       mart

April                                          nisan

May                                          mayiz

June                                         haziran

July                                           temmuz

August                                      agustos

September                              eylul

October                                    ekim

November                                kasim

December                               aralik

 


Signs

Stop                                         dur

No entry                                   girilmez

No smoking                             sigara icilmez

City centre                               sehir merkezi

Entrance                                  giris

Exit                                           cikis

Toilet                                        wc/tuvalet

Gentlemen                               bay

Ladies                                      bayan

 

 

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