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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 13 - Who Is It? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask who someone is in Turkish.
Body
Eric: Here's the informal way to ask 'Who is it?’ when answering the door in Turkish.
Icten: [Normal] Kim o?
Eric: First is a word meaning 'Who'
Icten: [Normal] Kim [Slow] Kim
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'he, she, it'
Icten: [Normal] o [Slow] o
Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Who is it?'
Icten: [Slow] Kim o? [Normal] Kim o?
Eric: Here's a response meaning 'It's me.'
Icten: [Normal] Benim.
Eric: This expression has only one word meaning 'It's me'
Icten: [Normal] Benim [Slow] Benim
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'It's me.'
Icten: [Slow] Benim. [Normal] Benim.
Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'That is a friend of mine.'
Icten: [Normal] O, bir arkadaşımdır.
Eric: First is a word meaning 'he, she, it'
Icten: [Normal] O [Slow] O
Eric: Next is the word meaning 'one'
Icten: [Normal] bir [Slow] bir
Eric: Last is the word meaning 'he/she/it is my friend'
Icten: [Normal] arkadaşımdır [Slow] arkadaşımdır
Eric: Listen again to the response, 'That is a friend of mine.'
Icten: [Slow] O, bir arkadaşımdır. [Normal] O, bir arkadaşımdır.
Cultural Insight
Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Icten: If someone that you didn't expect is knocking at your door in Turkey, the common question you can ask is Kim o? before opening the door.
This literally means "Who is it?" in a polite way.

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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