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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
Survival Phrases, Lesson 39: Turkish post office, part 1. Sending letters, postcards, and packages home.
In this lesson, we're going to take a trip to the post office. The post office in Turkey is Postane. Pos-ta-ne. Postane. Its colors are orange and white, and you can find an orange mailbox outside of the building.
In this lesson, we're going to work on getting your postcards, letters, and packages home. The expression we need to accomplish this is, "I would like to send this to..." and then the desired destination. For today's lesson, we'll use Italy.
In Turkish, "I would like to send this to Italy" is Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum. Let's break it down: Bu-nu İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum. Once more, Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
The first word, Bunu, means, "this one." Bu-nu. Bunu. Next we have İtalya' ya, which in English is "to Italy." İ-tal-ya-' ya. Again, İtalya' ya. İtalya' ya. Then, we have Göndermek, which is "to send". Gön-der-mek. Göndermek. Finally, we have Istiyorum, which means "I would like to." Is-ti-yo-rum. Istiyorum.
All together, we have Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum. Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum. Literally, this means "I would like to send this to Italy."
Let's look at the other words. We were talking about packages, letters, and postcards. So, let's try to send a postcard!
"Postcard" in Turkish is Kartpostal. Kart-pos-tal. Kartpostal.
"I would like to send this postcard to Italy" in Turkish is Bu kartpostalı İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum. Let's break it down: Bu kart-pos-ta-lı İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum. Once more, Bu kartpostalı İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Bu kartpostalı means "this postcard." Bu kart-pos-ta-lı. Bu kartpostalı.
Simply replace the Bunu in the first sentence with Bu kartpostalı to get Bu kartpostalı İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Now, let's try "letter," which in Turkish is Mektup. Mek-tup. Mektup.
"This letter" is Bu mektubu. Bu mek-tu-bu.
By substituting this into the first sentence, we can get "I would like to send this letter to Italy," or Bu mektubu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum. Bu mek-tu-bu İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum.
Okay. Now, let's try to send a package. In Turkish, "I would like to send this package to Italy" is Bu paketi İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
"Package" in Turkish is Paket, but it changes here to become Paketi. Pa-ke-ti. Paketi.
All together we have Bu paketi İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Now, the package requires a closer look, which we'll take in the next lesson.

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.
"I would like to send this to Italy." - Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Bu-nu İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum.
Bunu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
"I would like to send this postcard to Italy." - Bu kartpostalı İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Bu kart-pos-ta-lı İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum.
Bu kartpostalı İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
"I would like to send this letter to Italy." - Bu mektubu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Bu mek-tu-bu İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum.
Bu mektubu İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
"I would like to send this package to Italy." - Bu paketi İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
Bu pa-ke-ti İ-tal-ya-'ya gön-der-mek is-ti-yo-rum.
Bu paketi İtalya'ya göndermek istiyorum.
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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