LESSON NOTES

Lower Beginner S1 #21

Going on a Weekend Hike in Turkey

CONTENTS
2 Turkish
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
5 Grammar
6 Cultural Insight

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 TURKISH

1. HAKAN: Bu hafta sonu meşgul müsün?

2. ASU: Dağa gid eceğim. Ned en?

3. HAKAN: Lised en eski bir arkad aşım şehre geliyor.

4. ASU: Haftaya görüşebilir miyim onla?

5. HAKAN: T abii. Bu pazartesi akşam yemeği yiyelim mi?

6. ASU: T abii. Müsaitim.

ENGLISH

1. HAKAN: Are you busy this weekend?

2. ASU: I'm going to the mountains. Why?

3. HAKAN: An old friend from high school is visiting.

4. ASU: Can I meet them next week?

5. HAKAN: Sure, let's have dinner monday.

6. ASU: Okay, I'm free!

VOCABULARY

Tur kish English C lass

hafta sonu weekend noun

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 dağ mountain noun

meşgul busy adjective

gitmek to go verb

lise high school noun

eski old adjective

arkadaş friend noun

şehir city noun

hafta week noun

pazartesi Monday noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Hafta sonunda ne yapıyorsun? Japonya seyahatimde Fuji adında bir

dağa tırmandım.
"What are you doing this weekend?"
"I climbed a mountain called Fuji during
my trip to Japan."

Dağ havası temizdir. Bir dağın tepesinde olmak çok güzel bir
his.
"Mountain air is clean."
"It's such a nice feeling to be on the top of
a mountain."

Adam dağın tepesinden atlar. Şu anda meşgulüm, sonra konuşalım

mı?
"The man jumps on top of the mountain."
"I'm busy right now, can we talk later?"

Cumartesi meşgul müsün? Her zaman seni aradığımda meşgul

sinyali alıyorum.
"Are you busy on Saturday?"
"Every time I call you I get a busy signal."

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Gelecek haftasonu plaja kimler gidiyor? Hayvan hastanesine gittim.

"Who is going to the beach next "I went to the animal hospital."
weekend?"

Taksim'e nasıl giderim? Lisede İngilizce ve Almanca öğrendim.

"How do I get to Taksim?" "I learned English and German in high

school."

Lise yeniden biraraya gelme toplantısı Eski oyuncakları çöpe attım.

"High school reunion" I threw away old toys in the garbage."

Eski çantamı attım. Benim arkadaşımdı, ta ki onun yerine

terfiyi alana kadar.
"I threw my old bag away."
"She was a friend of mine until I got the
promotion instead of her."

Yirmi yıldır arkadaşım. En iyi arkadaşımla ben her yere birlikte

gideriz.
"He has been my friend for twenty years."
"My best friend and I go everywhere
together."

Her salı arkadaşıyla tenis oynar. Arkadaşlar tenis oynarlar

“He plays tennis with his friend every "The friends play tennis."
Tuesday.''

Şehirde trafik çok var. Bir haftada yedi gün vardır.

"There's a traffic jam in the city." "There are seven days in a week."

İş günü Pazartesi başlar.

"The work-week starts on Monday."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Hafta sonu "weekend"

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Hafta means "week" and son means "end." Altogether it makes hafta sonu, meaning
"weekend."

For example:

1. A: Hafta sonu sinemaya gidelim mi?

B: Olur. Cumartesi uygunum.
A: "Shall we go see a movie this weekend?"
B: "Okay. I'm available this Saturday."

GRAMMAR

The Focus of this Lesson is Compound Nouns in Turkish.

Bu hafta sonu meşgul müsün?
"Are you busy this weekend?"

In this lesson you will learn about words that are categorized by their structure.

There are three sub-categories of words that are categorized by their structure.

1) Compound nouns

2) Compound adjectives

3) Compound verbs

In this lesson, we'll show you compound nouns in detail.

Although there are some exceptions, compound nouns are usually written together. Let's see
the various ways compound nouns can be composed.

1) Compound nouns can be formed as a noun clause, as in tamlayan (determinant) +

tamlanan (determined).

Now let's see some examples.

Ateş böceği, meaning "firefly," is composed of ateş ("fire") and böcek ("bug/insect").

Diz kapağı, meaning "kneecap," is composed of diz ("knee") and kapak ("cap/cover").

2) Our second category focuses on compound nouns that are adjective clauses.

Our first example is from the dialogue in this lesson- Pazartesi, meaning "Monday." This noun
is composed of Pazar("Sunday") and Ertesi("following/next"). Altogether it makes Pazartesi.

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Notice that the first vowel of ertesi, which is "e," is missing. When two nouns are combined, a
vowel deletion occurs for easier pronunciation.

Now let's see another example- sivrisinek, meaning "mosquito." Sivri means "sharp" and sinek
means "fly." Sivri is an adjective while sinek is a noun.

3) Our third category is formed when a noun and a verb or an auxiliary verb come together.

Gecekondu, meaning "shanty house/slum," is composed of gece, meaning "night," and kondu,
meaning "to be put." Gece is a noun and kondu comes from the verb konmak.

4) Our last category is made out of two inflectional verbs. Together, however, they form a
noun.

Kaptıkaçtı means "purse/bag snatching." It is formed of kaptı, which is the past tense
containing the morpheme -di of kapmak and kaçtı, meaning "ran away." Kaçtı is the past tense
containing the morpheme -di of kaçmak. Kaptıkaçtı is the act of stealing something by
snatching it.

Did you notice another compound noun in the dialogue of this lesson?

It's hafta sonu, meaning "weekend." This compound noun is an exception as it is written
separately.

Examples from the Dialogue

1. Tabii. Bu pazartesi akşam yemeği yiyelim mi?

"Sure, let's have dinner Monday."

Sample Sentences

1. Bu çekyat açılmıyor.
"I can't open this sofabed."

2. Kahvaltı etmek istiyorum.

"I want to have breakfast."

3. Cankurtaran nerede kaldı?

"Where is the ambulance?"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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Popular Weekend Trips in Turkey

Although the majority of the Turkish people prefer to spend their free time in malls or
shopping districts on weekends, some choose more sporty outdoor options. A major spot for
outdoor-types living in Istanbul is Belgrad Forest on the European side. This forest has been
preserved since Ottoman times and it's still a major attraction for runners, orienteering lovers,
or picnicking families.

On the Asian side, one hotspot is the Caddebostan shore. You can find many young people
hanging out, practicing sports, listening to music and so on around this area. This area is also
only a five-minute walk from a famous shopping area, Bağdat streets. This street is often
referred as simply cadde, meaning "street," colloquially.

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