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Turkish PDQ is a fun, holiday-style course aimed at beginners wanting to learn Turkish. Using proven teaching methods and with a strong focus on essential vocabulary, you will quickly be able to handle a wide variety of everyday situations.
  • Learn to speak, read and write Turkish to an elementary level.
  • Learn 500 essential Turkish words and phrases.
  • Perfect your accent by listening to native Turkish speakers.
  • Focus on the vocabulary that you need.
Turkish is spoken by almost 65 million people in Turkey and 150 million worldwide. With no gender and every word pronounced as it is spelt, Turkish is an easy and enjoyable language to learn. Turkey is where the east meets the west, a world of exceptional hospitality, beautiful coastlines and fascinating history. Learn Turkish today and barter for bargains in the many bazaars and then unwind in one of the Turkish baths.

Learn the language with the Kusadasi Times. Below are a few basic words, over the coming months we will be adding more lessons, don't worry if you miss a few we will keep them here.

Lets start with numbers:

Numbers:
Zero Sifir Siff-er
One Bir Beer
Two Iki Icky
Three Uc Oooch
Four Dort Dirt
Five Bes Besh
Six Alti Alta
Seven Yedi Yay-dee
Eight Sekiz Sek-ease
Nine Dokuz Dok-ooze
Ten On On
Eleven On Bir On Beer
Twelve On Iki On Icky
Hundred Yuz Use
Thousand Bin Bin
Million Milyon Million
Billion Milyar Mil-yar

And on to a few basic phrases

English Turkish Pronounce
Yes Evet E-vet
No Hayir Higher
Thank You Tesekkuler Teshekuler
Thank You (Informal) Sagol Sowl
Thank you very much Cok Tesekkur Ederim Chock Tesh-ek-ur Ederim
Your welcome Bir Sey Degil Beer Shay Deal
Please Lutfen Loot-fen
Hello Merhaba Merr-ha-ba
Goodbye Gule Goo-lay
See You Later Gorusuruz Gur-shoes
Good Morning Gunaydin Goon-eye-din
Good afternoon Iyİ Gunler Eeee Goon-lair
Good evening Iyi Aksamlar Eeee Ak-sham-larr
Good night Iyi Geceler Eager-jel-air