Introduction |
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 11 - How to Say Prices. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say prices in Turkish. |
Body |
Eric: Here's the way to say 'One lira.' in Turkish. |
Icten: [Normal] Bir lira. |
Eric: First is a word meaning 'One' |
Icten: [Normal] Bir [Slow] Bir |
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'lira' |
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira |
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'One lira.' |
Icten: [Slow] Bir lira. [Normal] Bir lira. |
Eric: Ok, now let’s take a look at the way to say 'Ten liras.' |
Icten: [Normal] On lira. |
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Ten' |
Icten: [Normal] On [Slow] On |
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'lira' |
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira |
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Ten liras.' |
Icten: [Slow] On lira. [Normal] On lira. |
Eric: Next up is the way to say 'Fifty-five ten.' |
Icten: [Normal] Elli beş on. |
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Fifty' |
Icten: [Normal] Elli [Slow] Elli |
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'five' |
Icten: [Normal] beş [Slow] beş |
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'ten' |
Icten: [Normal] on [Slow] on |
Eric: Listen again to the phrase meaning 'Fifty-five ten.' |
Icten: [Slow] Elli beş on. [Normal] Elli beş on. |
Eric: Finally is a way to say 'Twenty-six liras and seventy kuruş.' |
Icten: [Normal] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş |
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Twenty' |
Icten: [Normal] Yirmi [Slow] Yirmi |
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'six' |
Icten: [Normal] altı [Slow] altı |
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'lira' |
Icten: [Normal] lira [Slow] lira |
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'seventy' |
Icten: [Normal] yetmiş [Slow] yetmiş |
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'cents' |
Icten: [Normal] kuruş [Slow] kuruş |
Eric: Listen again to the informal phrase meaning 'Twenty-six liras and seventy kuruş.' |
Icten: [Slow] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş [Normal] Yirmi altı lira, yetmiş kuruş |
Cultural Insight |
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
Icten: The lira has been the Turkish currency since 1926, which is a few years after The Republic of Turkey was established. Before that Turkey was using the Ottoman lira as the official currency. |
Outro
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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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