Learn Turkish words for different flavors
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| Hey guys, this is Selin and welcome to Turkish Weekly Words. So, what is today’s topic? I don’t know as well. Let’s find out together. |
| Flavors, Tatlar. Tat means flavor and flavors is Tatlar. |
| 1. tuzlu "salty" |
| They say like Turkish foods are kind of salty. I think that’s true. Then, let’s say, Turkish foods are salty. |
| Genelde Türk yemekleri tuzludur. "Usually, Turkish foods are salty." |
| 2. tatlı "sweet" |
| Ah, it’s my favorite flavor. Sweet, tatlı. For dessert, we also say tatlı and like in English, we say, Oh, he is a really sweet guy, like that, right? We use the same word tatlı. |
| O çok tatlı biri "He is a really sweet guy." |
| Well, as a flavor, the most famous Turkish dessert is Baklava. |
| Baklava çok tatlıdır. "Baklava is very sweet." |
| 3. acı "bitter/hot/spicy" |
| Well, we can use acı for all of them actually but we have some other words too for different situations. |
| For example, we have baharatlı for "spicy"; acı also means “spicy”. So what is the difference? If you say, oh, it’s like acı then, I understand that it’s very, very hot. Like oh, very hot, I cannot eat like hot pepper or like something that you know, you cannot eat; but if you say baharatlı instead of acı, then I am going to think, oh, it’s like spicy but not like you cannot eat, like, you can eat, like, it’s just the level of spiciness is normal. |
| Oh, have you ever tried Çiğ köfte. It’s like a Turkish meal and if you are kind of interested in Turkish culture, I am sure you heard before and it’s very, very hot. Very hot but it depends on how much paprika or hot pepper you put but usually they put so much. |
| “Çiğ köfte is very, very hot Turkish food.” Çiğ köfte çok acı bir Türk yemeğidir. |
| Bitter çikolata / Acı çikolata - "Bitter chocolate" |
| And bitter, for example, we have bitter chocolate right? Turkish people can say, Acı çikolata. |
| Some people are using “bitter” instead of acı but both are okay. |
| 4. ekşi "sour" |
| Okay. What is sour? I think the first thing that comes to my mind is Lemon. |
| Limon ekşidir. "Lemon is sour." |
| 5. lezzetli "tasty" |
| Lezzetli means like taste, flavor. Lezzet or tat, actually, are the same. So if you add L and I at the end of the word, then it becomes tasty. Lezzetli and if you want to say, oh this food is really tasty, I like it like that, then you should say, |
| Aa çok lezzetli. "Oh, this food is really tasty." |
| Do you know that we do like that in Turkish? |
| This means like, oh, very nice, very tasty, çok lezzetli. |
| Over. Okay. Thank you guys for watching and this is the end of the video. If you guys want to watch more videos or if you want to learn Turkish more, then, please visit turkishclass101.com |
| See you guys in the next video. Bye bye! çok lezzetli, it’s like yes, çok lezzetli. |
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