Learn how to count to ten
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| Introduction |
| Merhaba! Hello and welcome to Turkey Survival Phrases brought to you by TurkishClass101.com. This course is designed to equip you with the language skills and knowledge to enable you to get the most out of your visit to Turkey. You will be surprised at how far a little Turkish will go. |
| Now, before we jump in, remember to stop by TurkishClass101.com, and there you will find the accompanying PDF and additional info in the post. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. |
Lesson focus |
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| Turkish Survival Phrases, Lesson 16: Counting from 0 to 10 in Turkish. |
| This lesson is very straightforward. We're going to cover counting zero through ten. Let's jump right in. |
| 0 sıfır. Sı-fır. Sıfır. |
| 1 bir. Bir. Bir. |
| 2 iki. I-ki. Iki. |
| 3 üç. Üç. Üç. |
| 4 dört. Dört. Dört. |
| 5 beş. Beş. Beş. |
| 6 altı. Al-tı. Altı. |
| 7 yedi. Ye-di. Yedi. |
| 8 sekiz. Se-kiz. Sekiz. |
| 9 dokuz. Do-kuz. Dokuz. |
| And finally, |
| 10 on. On. On. |
| When you count things, the number comes first, followed by the thing. For example, "one person" is Bir kişi. Let's break it down: Bir ki-şi. Once more, Bir kişi. |
| "Two people" would be Iki kişi. I-ki ki-şi. Iki kişi. |
| As you may have noticed, the noun doesn't change when there's more than one of it, as it would in English. |
| "Five people" is Beş kişi. Beş ki-şi. Beş kişi. |
| Numbers can be very useful, especially when shopping in Turkey. |
| Imagine you are buying some presents to bring back to your country. You have chosen two bottles of wine in a nice shop. "Two bottles of wine, please." İki şişe şarap, lütfen. Let's break it down: İ-ki şi-şe şa-rap, lüt-fen. Once more, İki şişe şarap, lütfen. |
| İki, as you already know, means "two." Şişe means "bottle." Şi-şe. Şişe. And Sarap, as you may recall from our lesson on restaurants, means "wine." Sa-rap. Sarap. I'm sure you don't need reminding that Lütfen is "please." |
| The whole request, then, is İki şişe şarap, lütfen. |
| Now, imagine you want to buy some Turkish delight. "A package of Turkish delight, please." Bir paket lokum, lütfen. Let's break that down: Bir pa-ket lo-kum, lüt-fen. Once again, Bir paket lokum, lütfen. |
| Bir, as we've seen plenty of times by now, means "one." Paket means "package." Pa-ket. Paket. And Lokum means "Turkish delight." Lo-kum. Lokum. |
| All together, it's Bir paket lokum, lütfen. |
Outro |
| Okay, to close out today's lesson, we would you to practice what you have just learned. I will provide you with the English equivalent of the phrase and you're responsible for shouting it aloud. You have a few seconds before I give you the answer. So, Iyi şanslar, which means "good luck" in Turkish. |
| "One person." - Bir kişi. |
| Bir ki-şi. |
| Bir kişi. |
| "Two people." - Iki kişi. |
| I-ki ki-şi. |
| Iki kişi. |
| "Two bottles of wine, please." - İki şişe şarap, lütfen. |
| İ-ki şi-şe şa-rap, lüt-fen. |
| İki şişe şarap, lütfen. |
| "A package of Turkish delight, please." - Bir paket lokum, lütfen. |
| Bir pa-ket lo-kum, lüt-fen. |
| Bir paket lokum, lütfen. |
| All right. That's going to do for today. Remember to stop by TurkishClass101.com, and pick up the accompanying PDF. If you stop by, be sure to leave us a comment. Görüşürüz! |
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