Learn how to ask, "Do you speak English?"
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| Introduction |
| Eric: Welcome to 3-Minute Turkish Season 1, Lesson 7 - Do You Speak English? In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question Do you speak English? in Turkish. |
| Body |
| Eric: Here's the formal way to ask 'Do you speak English?' in Turkish. |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce biliyor musunuz? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'English' |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce [Slow] İngilizce |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'he knows, she knows, it knows' |
| Icten: [Normal] biliyor [Slow] biliyor |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'do you' |
| Icten: [Normal] musunuz [Slow] musunuz |
| Eric: Listen again to the formal question meaning 'Do you speak English?' |
| Icten: [Slow] İngilizce biliyor musunuz? [Normal] İngilizce biliyor musunuz? |
| Eric: Now, imagine you're speaking to a stranger. Here's the informal way to ask, 'Do you speak English?' |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce biliyor musun? |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'English' |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce [Slow] İngilizce |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'he knows, she knows, it knows' |
| Icten: [Normal] biliyor [Slow] biliyor |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'do you' |
| Icten: [Normal] musun [Slow] musun |
| Eric: Listen again to the informal question meaning 'Do you speak English?' |
| Icten: [Slow] İngilizce biliyor musun? [Normal] İngilizce biliyor musun? |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Evet, İngilizce biliyorum. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'Yes' |
| Icten: [Normal] Evet [Slow] Evet |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'English' |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce [Slow] İngilizce |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I know' |
| Icten: [Normal] biliyorum [Slow] biliyorum |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'Yes, I speak English.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Evet, İngilizce biliyorum. [Normal] Evet, İngilizce biliyorum. |
| Eric: Here's a response meaning, 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Icten: [Normal] Hayır, İngilizce bilmiyorum. |
| Eric: First is a word meaning 'No' |
| Icten: [Normal] Hayır [Slow] Hayır |
| Eric: Next is the word meaning 'English' |
| Icten: [Normal] İngilizce [Slow] İngilizce |
| Eric: Last is the word meaning 'I don't know' |
| Icten: [Normal] bilmiyorum [Slow] bilmiyorum |
| Eric: Listen again to the response, 'No, I don't speak English.' |
| Icten: [Slow] Hayır, İngilizce bilmem. [Normal] Hayır, İngilizce bilmem. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Eric: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Icten: For those of you who are not only English speakers, you can obviously use this question with any language you need. |
| Some people in Turkey study other languages at school, so maybe you will get lucky! Just substitute İngilizce with… |
| İtalyanca for Italian. |
| Rusça for Russian. |
| İspanyolca for Spanish. |
| Almanca for German. |
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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