Learn how to say numbers 1-100
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Ece: Merhaba! Ben Ece. Hello, I’m Ece. |
| Gina: Hi everyone, this is Gina. Welcome back to TurkishClass101.com. This is Basic Bootcamp Lesson 4 - Counting from 1-100 in Turkish. |
| Ece: In this lesson we are introducing the numbers in Turkish! |
| Gina: Yes, counting is a simple but secure way to show others that you are really learning a language. |
| Ece: In this lesson, we’ll learn up to one hundred. Let’s listen to Alice, while she teaches Turkish to non-Turkish children. |
| Gina: This dialogue is informal. Now, let’s listen to the conversation. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Ece: Gina, did you know that the Turkish educational system uses a numerical grading system, instead of the alphabetical one? |
| Gina: Is that so? Can you explain that a bit more? |
| Ece: Sure. During elementary and high school education, a scale of 1 to 5 is used to evaluate your academic success, with 5 being the highest and 1 being the failing mark. |
| Gina: Oh, I didn’t know that. What happens if you average high marks at the end of each semester? Do they give you a prize or something? |
| Ece: (laughs) Kind of. If your final average is very high on your report card, you receive a “takdir belgesi” meaning “certificate of excellence”. And if it is an above-average kind of high, then you receive “a certificate of appreciation”. |
| Gina: Well, you can’t call these a prize really... |
| Ece: I like to call them an indirect prize! Receiving a “certificate of excellence” is a big thing from the parents’ perspective, so they usually reward their children with presents like a new bicycle, or a gaming console. |
| Gina: Oh, I see how it works. Our listeners might be curious about the university grading system Ece. They might want to have a semester abroad in Turkey! |
| Ece: Oh, good point Gina. Mostly, the percentage system is used for exams and only on the final report cards, those systems are converted to a scale of 1-4, 4 being the highest grade. |
| Gina: I see. I read somewhere that there is no standardized way of grading for the universities, which ends up being unfair for the honor students from different universities competing for a scholarship. |
| Ece: Yes, but this matters only if the non-Turkish students plan to graduate from a Turkish University. In Turkey, some schools have bell curve systems while others don't. The honor students that graduate from a university with a bell curve system receive 4.0 - the highest mark - as their average automatically. |
| Gina: Hmm, that does sounds unfair. So, what do you recommend? |
| Ece: I definitely recommend that non-Turkish students try to study at a private university, where education is more standardized, and the language of studying is in English. |
| Gina: That’s a good tip. Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| Gina: Let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. Listeners, from now on it’s your duty to memorize the numbers. And Ece, how can we count above 10? |
| Ece: The counting system is highly orderly in Turkish. However, the corresponding words we say when counting above double digits are not derived from the numbers 1 to 9. From twenty to ninety, each tens digit carries its own title. |
| Gina: Okay. Now let’s look at the numbers from 20 to 100. Twenty: |
| Ece: Yirmi. Yir-mi. Yirmi. |
| Gina: Thirty |
| Ece: Otuz. O-tuz. Otuz. |
| Gina: Forty: |
| Ece: Kırk. Kı~ırk. Kırk. |
| Gina: Fifty: |
| Ece: Elli. El-li. Elli. |
| Gina: Sixty: |
| Ece: Altmış. Alt-mış. Altmış. |
| Gina: Seventy: |
| Ece: Yetmiş. Yet-miş. Yetmiş. |
| Gina: Eighty: |
| Ece: Seksen. Sek-sen. Seksen. |
| Gina: Ninety: |
| Ece: Doksan. Dok-san. Doksan. |
| Gina: And, hundred: |
| Ece: Yüz. Yü~üz. Yüz. |
| Gina: So basically, there is no difference between counting from 11 to 19 and from 20 to 100. |
| Ece: That’s right. The rule is quite simple: First say the tens digit, and then the units. |
| Gina: This time, let’s try to count from 10 to 100. Can you start counting the numbers between 10 to 20, Ece? |
| Ece: Sure! Haydi bakalım! |
| On |
| 10 |
| On bir |
| 11 |
| On iki |
| On üç |
| On dört |
| On beş |
| On altı |
| On yedi |
| On sekiz |
| On dokuz |
| Yirmi |
| Gina: You see listeners, first you say the tens digit, then the following number. The same goes for other numbers. For example: |
| Ece: Twenty three: Yirmi üç. |
| Gina: Eighty two: |
| Ece: Seksen iki. |
| Gina: Thirty six: |
| Ece: Otuz altı. |
| Gina: Seventy five: |
| Ece: Yetmiş beş. |
| Gina: Now listeners, don’t forget to check our lesson notes if any of this is confusing. And now, let’s move on to the grammar! |
Lesson focus |
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| Gina: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to count number from 1 to 100 in Turkish. |
| Ece: That’s right! We’ll learn using the numbers as numeral adjectives when counting things! Simply put the number, and then the object to be counted! |
| Gina: Let’s give our listeners some good news, Ece. |
| Ece: (laughs) Okay! There is no plural suffix when counting objects in Turkish. |
| Gina: Hmm, let’s show our listeners what we mean by that. One house: |
| Ece: Bir ev. |
| Gina: And two houses: |
| Ece: İki ev. |
| Gina: One cat. |
| Ece: Bir kedi. |
| Gina: And ninety nine cats: |
| Ece: Doksan dokuz kedi. |
| Gina: What’s more, the noun comes right after the number just like in English. |
| Ece: An additional grammar point that we’ll explain more in our future lessons, is that “Bir” is used as the indefinite article as well: “A” and “an.” |
| Gina: Yes, in order to say “a house” or “an apple”, “bir” is used in the place of “a” and “an”. For example: .... |
| Ece: Bir ev. and Bir elma. meaning “a house”, “an apple” respectively. |
| Gina: But you’ll hear more about this later on. |
Outro |
| Gina: Alright everybody, that’s it for this lesson. |
| Ece: Thank you for joining us and remember to read the lesson notes for more explanations and useful examples! |
| Gina: And we’ll see you next lesson, where we’ll count up to 1 million! Till then… |
| Ece: Hoşça kalın! |
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