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Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 1 - Self Introduction. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to introduce yourself in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to say 'Hi I'm Zehra.' in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Selam ben Zehra.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Hi'
Icten: [Normal] Selam [Slow] Selam
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Icten: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Eric: Last is a person’s name 'Zehra'
Icten: [Normal] Zehra [Slow] Zehra
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Hi I'm Zehra.'
Icten: [Slow] Selam ben Zehra. [Normal] Selam ben Zehra.
Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the formal way to say 'Good day, I'm Zehra Özdemir.'
Icten: [Normal] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Hello'
Icten: [Normal] Merhaba [Slow] Merhaba
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'I'
Icten: [Normal] ben [Slow] ben
Eric: Last is a person’s name 'Zehra Özdemir'
Icten: [Normal] Zehra Özdemir [Slow] Zehra Özdemir
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Good day, I'm Zehra Özdemir.'
Icten: [Slow] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir. [Normal] Merhaba, ben Zehra Özdemir.
Eric: Next is the informal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'About our meeting'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza [Slow] Tanıştığımıza
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'glad'
Icten: [Normal] memnun [Slow] memnun
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I have been'
Icten: [Normal] oldum [Slow] oldum
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Slow] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum. [Normal] Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.
Eric: Finally, here is a formal way to say 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'About our meeting'
Icten: [Normal] Tanıştığımıza [Slow] Tanıştığımıza
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'very'
Icten: [Normal] çok [Slow] çok
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'glad'
Icten: [Normal] memnun [Slow] memnun
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I have been'
Icten: [Normal] oldum [Slow] oldum
Eric: Listen again to the formal phrase meaning 'Nice to meet you.'
Icten: [Slow] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum. [Normal] Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: When you introduce yourself, it's a good habit to shake hands. And don't worry too much about using çok when you meet people. You won't get in trouble if you simply say Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.

Outro

Eric: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Icten: Hoşçakalın.

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TurkishClass101.com
2016-07-04 18:30:00

Can you introduce yourself in Turkish?

TurkishClass101.com
2024-01-02 22:46:37

Iqbal merhaba

Ben Iqbal'ım. This is the full sentence form - ım at the end is "to be verb".

Ben Iqbal is already shortened form but if you want to do it shorter, you can just say your name "Iqbal". That's it. :)

Hope this helped.

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IQBAL KHEYRATTY
2023-12-24 22:07:55

When i speak to someone to introduce myself and i don't want to say ben, if i want to say : "I am Iqbal"

i would say in turkish ben Iqbal, if i want to omit ben what can i say?

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2023-10-17 15:53:44

Merhaba Sheila

Ben de memnun oldum. Hoşgeldin. Yardıma ihtiyacın olursa burada olacağım.

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Sheila Williams
2023-10-17 05:06:13

Merhaba

Ben Sheila.

Memnum oldum.

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2023-08-08 14:51:35

Merhaba Abu Bakr

Ben de Seda. Hoşgeldin. Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.

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Abu Bakr Mulla
2023-08-06 08:23:46

Selaaam!

Ben Abu Bakr...

Memnun oldum.

TurkishClass101.com
2022-07-23 12:19:10

Hend Merhaba

Ben de Seda ve tanıştığımıza memnun oldum.

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Hend Ali
2022-07-18 20:24:39

Merhaba, ben Hend

Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum

TurkishClass101.com
2022-07-15 00:40:26

Fahmida merhaba

Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum. Ben de Seda!

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Fahmida Sultana
2022-07-13 21:52:44

Selam ben Fahmida.

TurkishClass101.com
2022-05-16 17:39:12

Athina Merhaba

Did you write in Greek? I didn't understand what you said but thank you for nice emojis. I will be here if you need any help!

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Athina
2022-05-06 15:26:19

❤️️❤️️❤️️👍👍👍 Eυχαριστώ!!

TurkishClass101.com
2021-11-09 15:50:36

Merhaba Ahmad,

Nasılsın?

Thank you for your comment!

Just be careful. :) You need to say "Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum."

öldüm means I am dead

oldum means I became

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Ahmad Rizal
2021-11-07 02:38:45

Selam, ben Rizal

Tanıştığımıza memnun öldüm (informal)

Merhaba, ben Rizal Maulana

Taniştiğimiza memnun öldüm (Formal)

TurkishClass101.com
2021-10-01 17:35:39

Fahima MErhaba

Ben de Seda! Ben de çok memnun oldum!

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Fahıma
2021-09-27 15:30:18

Merhaba

Ben fahıma

Tanıştığımıza memnun oldum

TurkishClass101.com
2021-09-10 03:00:20

Merhaba Afifah,

Ben de Seda! Tanıştığımıza çok memnun oldum!

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Afifah
2021-09-06 14:52:09

Merhaba, ben Afifah. Taniştiğimiza memnun oldum. Malezyalıyım.

julius sezar
2021-07-30 08:08:51

selam ben Julius Sezar!😎

TurkishClass101.com
2021-07-01 08:12:43

Merhaba Layla,

You are very welcome. 😇

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

We wish you good luck with your language studies.

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