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REFERENCE PAGE
NOTES FOR THE STUDENT
Each pack contains 2 folders and this sheet for instructions.
Folder 1 contains 5 listening activities (there are audio and video files) for the week,
and folder 2 contains transcriptions and handouts of all listening files for the week.
including further reading material, tip for the week, phrase to impress, vocabulary,
useful web sites and a test to hand in to your tutor.
Please print folder 2 and have it with you while listening to your files.
This page will summarize and match the activities.

HOW TO USE THE PACK

- Every week, you will complete a Flexi-Pack which contains a variety of activities.
- Download matching PDP and MP3 file and take with you to listen "on the go".
Instructions will be on PDF.
- Each unit will consist of the following sections:
LISTEN

READ

TEST

WRITE
GRAMMAR
PHRASE TO IMPRESS
-

VOCABULARY
WEB

TIP

Don't
look

TRANSCRIPT/ANSWERS

GO TO RESOURCE

READ/WATCH

Listen to recording and follow instructions on PDF

Complete the relevant activity (either on PDF or on MP3)
Study Grammar point
Read your tip box!
Phrase to impress will be an advanced phrase. Start using it!
Learn the Vocabulary!
Go and check the recommended web page for the week!
Go to the resources room and use the recommended materials
Have the transcripts handy for easy reference
Read or watch "fun for the week"...
Complete the test and take it to tutor (if you wish)

Handy page will summarize the week's activities. Detailed instructions will be on PDFs.

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HANDY PAGE FOR
INTRODUCTIONS
In Flexipack 1 you will learn:
- how to pronounce the Turkish Alphabet
- basic greetings and farewells
- basic introductions
- how to form plurals
- how to ask what and who
Activities for
unit 1
1-

FOLDER 1

match with FOLDER 2

Alphabet

PAGE 3

Greetings

PAGE 5

Turkish
Flexipack
2/1

Mixed
greetings

PAGE 7
Match up words!

Turkish
Flexipack
3/1

General
Information about
the language

PAGE 8

GRAMMAR
Vowel harmony

PAGE 9
read

PLURALS

PAGE 10
form plurals !

Mini conversation

PAGE 11
Fill in the gaps !

GRAMMAR
Demonstratives
Who? What?
Demonstratives,
interrogatives

PAGE 12
Learn !

Listen and repeat !

2Listen and read !

3Listen and
rearrange !

4-

Read !

5-

Learn !

678-

910-

Learn !

The regulars

PAGE 13
Watch, translate !
Task for the week, my audio
flashcards, spot check, phrase
to impress, tip, vocabulary

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File
names

mp3
Turkish
Flexipack
1/1

Turkish
Flexipack
3/1

Turkish
Flexipack
4/1

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Audio 1:

Listen and underline the Turkish word which is read !

THE TURKISH ALPHABET

Letter
A
B
C

D
E
F
G

Name
a
be
ce
e
d
e
f
g
yumuak ge

H
I

J
K
L
M
N
O

P
R
S

T
U

V
Y
Z

he

i
je
ke
le
me
ne
o

pe
re
se
e
te
u

ve
ye
ze

Pronunciation English
other,cut,come
beautiful,buy
jam,jelly
church, chance
dear,doll
red,net,bed
fine,foul
good,guy
its function is to
prolong the vowel that
preceeds it
hard,hell
cousin,wanted
thin,pin
pleasure,measure
cold,kite,cat
lilac
me,mine
no,nine
poet,pond
Kln,dirt,bird
pebble,pie
ribbon,rhyme,red
send,see
sharp,short,shall
tell,take
put,foot,push
Fhrer (G)
vision,vain
yellow,youth,yet
zebra,zero

Turkish
adam,at
ben,biz,balk
cevap,ac,can,cuma
iek,,a,sa
dnya,dn,dokuz
ev,ekmek,et,elma
fndk,fil, Fatma
gazete,git,gen
doru,a

havlu,hi,ho,hasta
rmak,slak,kz,s,kt
ince,insan,bin,iki,bir
jilet,ruj,garaj
kedi,kolay,kent,ilk,kan
lamba,ulus,kol,kil
masa,mum,gmlek
neden, nokta,ne,niin,anla
on,oda,ot
rnek,kmr,rdek
perde,pul,kpe
resim,sr,resim,duvar
soru,eski,son,sis
ie,u,ta,i,ku
tahta, at,et,Trke
uzun,su,uak
zm,gzel,
vazo, vermek,var,kova,ver
yl,yol,ky, yanl
zil,tuz,uzun,zeytin

The Turkish alphabet is made of eight vowels and twenty-one consonants. Q,W,X do not
appear, but there are six new letters. ,,I,,,. The dotted letters are each added
immediately after the corresponding undotted letter.
The spoken way of the letters are: for vowels: the sound of the vowel and for consonants:
followed by a letter e

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Audio 2:

Listen and read!

Answer
adam,at
ben,biz,balk
cevap,ac,can,cuma
iek,,a,sa
dnya,dn,dokuz
ev,ekmek,et,elma
fndk,fil, Fatma
gazete,git,gen
doru,a
havlu,hi,ho,hasta
rmak,slak,kz,s,kt
ince,insan,bin,iki,bir
jilet,ruj,garaj
kedi,kolay,kent,ilk,kan
lamba,ulus,kol,kil
masa,mum,gmlek
neden,
nokta,ne,niin,anla
on,oda,ot
rnek,kmr,rdek
perde,pul,kpe
resim,sr,resim,duvar
soru,eski,son,sis
ie,u,ta,i,ku
tahta, at,et,Trke
uzun,su,uak
zm,gzel,
vazo,
vermek,var,kova,ver
yl,yol,ky, yanl
zil,tuz,uzun,zeytin

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Greetings and basic daily phrases

TURKISH
Merhaba
Gnaydn
yi gnler
yi akamlar
yi geceler
yi hafta sonlar
Hoakal
Allahasmarladk
Gle gle
Naslsnz?
Ne haber ?
Ne var ne yok ?
Selam !
Hogeldin (Hogeldiniz)
Teekkr ederim
Saol
zr dilerim
Afedersiniz
Pardon
Memnun oldum
Grrz
yi tatiller
Gemi olsun
Elinize salk
Kolay gelsin
Afiyet olsun
erefe (erefinize)
Aferin
Tebrik ederim (Tebrikler)
Kutlarm
En iyi dileklerimle
Sayglarmla
Evet
Hayr
Ltfen
Peki
Tamam

Meaning in English

Possible reply

Hi, hello
Good Morning
Hi, hello (all purpose greeting) Good
day
Good evening
Good night
Have a nice week end
Goodbye
Goodbye
(said by the person who is leaving)
Goodbye
(said by the person who stays behind)
How are you?

Gle gle

yiyim, siz naslsnz ?

What is the news ?

yilik, salk.

What's up?
Hi!
Welcome
thank you/you are welcome, not at all
informal thanks
I am sorry
Excuse me
Excuse me
Pleased (to meet you)
See you!
Have a nice holiday!
May it pass: to indicate sympathy
when someone is ill or had an accident
Health to your hands: To praise
someone's cooking etc.
To someone who is working
Bon appetit!
Cheers
Well done
Congratulations
Congratulations
With my best wishes
Yours faithfully
Yes
No
Please
OK, thats fine
Ok

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Hobulduk
Birey deil/ Rica ederim

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Tabi
Yazk
nallah
Buyrun

Efendim

Grmek zere

Of course
What a pity, what a shame
God willing
has several meanings:
1. yes as a response to afedersiniz, if
the person pauses for your response
2. in shops and restaurants, to ask the
customers what they want
3. "come in" when there is knock at
the door 4. go ahead to give way to
someone
has several meanings:
1. indicates respect: like "(peki)
efendim" instead of Sir/madame
2. I beg your pardon ?
3. answering when your name is called
or answering the telephone instead of
yes 4. when you do not understand
something, instead of "what"
See you later!

ADD YOUR OWN SELECTION

OF GREETINGS

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Audio 3:

Listen to the audio file. Then, match up Turkish and English words!

Merhaba
yi gnler
Gnaydn
yi akamlar
yi geceler
Gle gle
Allahasmarladk
Teekkr ederim
Birey deil
Grmek zere
Afiyet olsun
Gemi olsun

Good evening
Goodbye
(said by the person who is leaving)
thank you
May it pass: to indicate sympathy when someone is ill or
had an accident
See you later!
Bon appetit!
Good Day
you are welcome, not at all
Good night
Hi, hello
See you later!
Goodbye
(said by the person who stays behind)

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Answer
Merhaba
yi gnler
Gnaydn
yi akamlar
yi geceler
Gle gle
Allahasmarladk
Teekkr ederim
Birey deil
Grmek zere
Afiyet olsun
Gemi olsun

Hi, hello
Good day !
thank you
Good evening
Good night
Goodbye
(said by the person who stays behind
Goodbye
(said by the person who is leaving)
thank you
you are welcome, not at all
See you later!
Bon appetit!
May it pass: to indicate sympathy when someone is ill or
had an accident

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General Information about the language
Turkish belongs to Ural-Altaic group of languages. With a few exceptions
the main features which distinguish Ural-Altaic languages from the IndoEuropean languages are
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Agglutination
Vowel Harmony
Non-existence of gender
Adjectives precede nouns
Verbs always at the end of sentences

WORD ORDER RULES

1-Subject comes first

it is followed by expression(s) of time
next come expresion(s) of place
and
the last items are the personal and main object(s)
which are followed
at the very end by
the verb
2- Modifiers appear before whatever they modify
(Therefore, adjectives as well as participles and qualifying nouns
precede nouns)

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GRAMMAR
VOWEL HARMONY
When you are adding a suffix to a word, the suffix has to harmonise
with the word you are adding it to.
There are two types of suffixes:
-E TYPE (The suffix contains a or e)
- I TYPE (The suffix contains ,i,u or )
and there are two type of vowels:
Front vowels

Back vowels

A
I

O
U

Example:
PLURALS: To make a noun plural you add either -lar or -ler in Turkish

The noun does not take the plural ending when there is a numeral or a
quantifier before it!
How will you decide which one you are going to add?
A word: adam=man
You want to say: men
You should add -lar or -ler to adam.
The last vowel in the base is: a , this is a e type suffix,
so you choose a= adamlar

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DO YOU WANT TO TEST YOURSELF?

Form plurals
Araba
skemle
Otobs
Masa
Kalem
Bardak
Aa
Duvar
anta
Oda
Bahe
Zeytin

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Answer
Araba
skemle
Otobs
Masa
Kalem
Bardak
Aa
Duvar
anta
Oda
Bahe
Zeytin

Arabalar
skemleler
Otobsler
Masalar
Kalemler
Bardaklar
Aalar
Duvarlar
antalar
Odalar
Baheler
Zeytinler

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Audio 4:

Listen to the audio file and then fill in the gaps!

Ali: Aye, naslsn?

Aye: yiyim, Ali. Sen naslsn?
Ali: Ben de iyiyim. Aye, bugn hava ok gzel.
Aye: Evet, gne var.
Ali: Haydi, alasmaladk..(Allahasmarladk)
Aye : Gle gle Ali, gle gle....
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Answer
Ali: Merhaba Aye, naslsn? (Hi Aye, how are you?)
Aye: yiyim, teekkr ederim Ali. Sen naslsn?
(Thank you Ali, I am well. How are you?)

Ali: Ben de iyiyim. Aye, bugn hava ok gzel.

(I am well too. Aye, the weather is ve nice today)

Aye: Evet, gne var. (Yes, it is sunny)

Ali: Haydi, alasmaladk..(Allahasmarladk)
(Okay, good bye..)

Aye : Gle gle Ali, gle gle.... (Good bye Ali, good bye)

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GRAMMAR
Demonstratives
There are three Demonstratives in Turkish
BU= this
U= that/this (1-is generally accompanied with a gesture towards the thing
referred to or 2-is sometimes used to refer to something that will be
mentioned.)
O = that
Plural:
BUNLAR = these
UNLAR = those/these
ONLAR = those
*Demonstratives can be either
Adjectives (qualify a noun) OR

Pronouns ( in place of a noun)

and are used just like the English demonstratives.

ex. Bu kadn evli.

Bu souk.

*As pronouns the demonstratives can take plural ending and n will be added to
the base.
When used as an adjective if the noun they qualify is plural they do not change .
ex. u kadnlar evli

unlar ucuz

Interrogatives
Ne ? means "what"
Kim ? means "who"
Nasl ? means "how"

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Watch the video clip, look at the vocabulary below and see how
much you can understand.

Audio 5:

Bu ne?

AT THE GIFT SHOP

Nil is at a gift shop in Turkey and is asking what is available.

Nil:Gnaydn, naslsnz?
Ahmet: Gnaydn, teekkr ederim, siz naslsnz?
Nil:yiyim ok teekkr ederim.
Bunlar ne?
Ahmet:Bunlar nazar boncuu.
N: Nazar boncuu.. Boncuklar ok gzel.
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A:Bunlar Trk bayra.

N:Trk bayrag, ok gzel.
A:Bunlar da anahtarlk.
N:Anahtarlk.... Bardak var m?
A: Bardak var,.... bunlar bardak. stanbul Ayasofya
cami. Sultanahmet Cami, Boaz kprs.
N: ok gzel ,T shirt var m?
A: T shirt var. T shirtler burada
T shirt... stanbul...
N: Aaaaa, T shirt ok gzel ! T shirt ne kadar?
A: Bu T shirt 15 Trk Liras.
N: Yani ka ngiliz sterlini?
A: ngiliz sterlini olarak 7 Sterlin
N:7 Sterlin.... ok teekkr ederim.
A:Rica ederim. yi gnler.

VOCABULARY
Nazar boncuu : Blue evil eye bead
http://www.nazarboncugu.com/
Trk bayra
: Turkish national flag
Anahtarlk
: Keyring
Bardak
: Cup, mug, glass
ok gzel
: very good
Ne kadar
: How much?
Yani
: you know, I mean, meaning...
Ka
: How many?
ngiliz sterlini : Pound Sterling

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Test for the week (Fill in the gaps)

Phrase/question

Gnaydn

Possible answer

....................

yi gnler

...................................

Naslsn?

...................................

....................................

Teekkr ederim

Hobulduk

...................................
Bu nazar boncuu.

.....................................?

Afedersiniz

...................................

..............................

Gle gle

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Vocabulary for the week: All greetings and basic

phrases and page 14

Web of the week: Learn about Turkey

(culture) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey

Resources room: Take Turkish In Three Months

(Bengisu Rona). Read Vowel harmony in Chapter 1

Fun for the week: Watch the film Hamam

(resources room)

Tip for the week: Stick post it notes on

furniture in the house to learn furniture
vocabulary...
Audio flashcards: Listen- translate ... Listen (have
you got it right?)
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Phrase to impress: Bugn hava ok Gzel!

The weather is very nice today!

Accumulated vocabulary spotcheck

Gnaydn:................
Nazar boncuu....................
u:...................................
Kim?..................................
yi akamlar:......................

Can you:
- pronounce the Turkish Alphabet
- use basic greetings and farewells
- make basic introductions
- form plurals
- ask what and who?

Note: All recordings photos and handouts are Nil Okan Paniguian's intellectual property
until the whole project is handed over to CETL:They are NOT copyright free at this stage

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