Learn to count larger numbers
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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 17: Counting to 100 in Turkish. |
| In this lesson we're going to continue with counting as we cover numbers 11-100. |
| Let's just quickly review 0-10. |
| 0 sıfır |
| 1 bir |
| 2 iki |
| 3 üç |
| 4 dört |
| 5 beş |
| 6 altı |
| 7 yedi |
| 8 sekiz |
| 9 dokuz |
| 10 on |
| In Turkish, counting from 11-20 is also quite straightforward. So, let's jump right in. |
| 11 on bir. On bir. On bir. |
| 12 on iki. On i-ki. On iki. |
| 13 on üç. On üç. On üç. |
| 14 on dört. On dört. On dört. |
| 15 on beş. on beş. On beş. |
| 16 on altı. On a-ltı. On altı. |
| 17 on yedi. On ye-di. On yedi. |
| 18 on sekiz. On se-kiz. On sekiz. |
| 19 on dokuz. On do-kuz. On dokuz. |
| And, finally, |
| 20 yirmi. Yir-mi. Yirmi. |
| You probably noticed that to make numbers 11-19, you just put the word On, which means "ten," before the number you want to say. The numbers 21-29 start with Yirmi, which means "twenty." For example, 21 is Yirmibir. |
| 10 on. On. On. |
| 20 yirmi. Yir-mi. Yirmi. |
| Let's make some sample sentences with these numbers. We can use them to talk about time. |
| "It's eleven o'clock," in Turkish is Saat onbir. Let's break it down: Sa-at on-bir. And again, in natural speed, Saat onbir. |
| Saat means "time" or "watch." Sa-at. Saat. And we just learned that On bir is "eleven." |
| Together, it's Saat on bir. "It's eleven o'clock." |
| We can use the same type of sentence to express any time. So, let's try some more sentences. |
| Saat onbir buçuk. "It's half past eleven." Sa-at on-bir bu-çuk. Saat onbir buçuk. |
| Buçuk means "half". Bu-çuk. Buçuk. And, the rest of the sentence we have already learned. |
| Here's another sentence: "Thirteen is an unlucky number." On üç uğursuz sayıdır. |
| Let's break it down: On üç u-ğur-suz sa-yı-dır. Once again, On üç uğursuz sayıdır. |
| In here, On üç is "thirteen." The next word, Uğursuz, means "evil" or "unlucky." U-ğur-suz. Uğursuz. The last word, Sayı, means "number." Sa-yı. Sayı. The Dır at the end of Sayı means "is." So, Sayıdır means "is a number." Sa-yı-dır. Sayıdır. |
| All together, we have On üç uğursuz sayıdır. |
| Let's try a bigger number: Bir ayda otuz gün vardır. "In one month, there are thirty days." Bir ay-da o-tuz gün var-dır. Bir ayda otuz gün vardır. |
| Ay means "month," so Bir ay means "one month." And, Bir ayda means "in one month." Bir ay-da. Bir ayda. Gün means "day." As you can guess, Otuz gün means "thirty days." O-tuz gün. Otuz gün. The last word, Vardır, means "there are" or "there is." Var-dır. Vardır. |
| The whole sentence is Bir ayda otuz gün vardır. |
| So now, that you've just learned 30, which is Otuz, let's go through some other Turkish word for the rest of the tens: |
| 30 otuz. O-tuz. Otuz. |
| 40 kırk. Kırk. Kırk. |
| 50 elli. El-li. Elli. |
| 60 altmış. Alt-mış. Altmış. |
| 70 yetmiş. Yet-miş. Yetmiş. |
| 80 seksen. Sek-sen. Seksen. |
| 90 doksan. Dok-san. Doksan. |
| Let's make one more sentence with a big number: Benim dedem doksan yaşındadır. |
| "My grandfather is 90 years old." Let's break it down: Be-nim de-dem dok-san ya-şın-da-dır. Once more, Benim dedem doksan yaşındadır. |
| Benim dedem means "my grandfather." Be-nim de-dem. Benim dedem. The next word, doksan, means 90. Dok-san. Doksan. Finally, Yaşında means "years old." Ya-şın-da. Yaşında. All together, it's Benim dedem doksan yaşındadır. |
| Let's try making the Turkish word for "fifty-three." "Fifty" is Elli and "three" is Üç. Putting them together, we have elli üç or "fifty-three." Let's break it down: El-li üç. Once more, Elli üç. |
| Finally, we have Yüz, which is "hundred." Yüz. Yüz. |
| Let's use Yüz to say, "I have a hundred euros in my pocket." Cebimde yüz euro var. Let's break that down: Ce-bim-de yüz eu-ro var. And, in natural speed, Cebimde yüz euro var. |
| Cebim means "my pocket." Cebimde means "in my pocket." Ce-bim-de. Cebimde. We just learned that Yüz means "hundred." Yüz. Yüz. The next word, Euro, means "euro." Finally, Var means "there is" or "I have." Var. Var. |
| The whole sentence then, is Cebimde yüz euro var. |
| To count up from Yüz, we just need to add the units and the tens we have already learned. |
| 110 yüz on. yüz on. yüz on. |
| 198 yüz doksan sekiz. yüz dok-san se-kiz. yüz doksan sekiz. |
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. |
| "It's eleven o'clock." - Saat on bir. |
| Sa-at on bir. |
| Saat on bir. |
| "It's half past eleven." - Saat onbir buçuk. |
| Sa-at on-bir bu-çuk. |
| Saat onbir buçuk. |
| "Thirteen is an unlucky number." - On üç uğursuz sayıdır. |
| On üç u-ğur-suz sa-yı-dır. |
| On üç uğursuz sayıdır. |
| "In one month, there are thirty days." - Bir ayda otuz gün vardır. |
| Bir ay-da o-tuz gün var-dır. |
| Bir ayda otuz gün vardır. |
| "My grandfather is 90 years old." - Benim dedem doksan yaşındadır. |
| Be-nim de-dem dok-san ya-şın-da-dır. |
| Benim dedem doksan yaşındadır. |
| "I have a hundred euros in my pocket." - Cebimde yüz euro var. |
| Ce-bim-de yüz eu-ro var. |
| Cebimde yüz euro var. |
| 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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