The Rough Guide to Turkish Dictionary Phrasebook 3

268 Pages·2006·10.61 MB·English

by  Lexus

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THE ROUGH GUIDE PHRASEBOOK
Turkish

THE ROUGH GUIDE
TURKISH
PHRASEBOOK
Compiled by
LEXUS
www.roughguides.com
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Compiled by Lexus with Memduha Tee
Lexus Series Editor: Sally Davies
Rough Guides Reference Director: Andrew Lockett
Rough Guides Series Editor: Mark Ellingham
First edition published in 1996.
Revised in 2000.
This updated edition published in 2006 by
Rough Guides Ltd,
80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL
345 Hudson St, 4th Floor, New York 10014, USA
Email: [email protected].
Distributed by the Penguin Group.
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the publisher except for the quotation of brief passages in reviews.
© Lexus Ltd 2006
272pp.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 13: 978-1-84353-647-5
ISBN 10: 1-84353-647-1
The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure the
accuracy and currency of all information in The Rough Guide
Turkish Phrasebook however, they can accept no responsibility for
any loss or inconvenience sustained by any reader using the book.
Online information about Rough Guides can be
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CONTENTS
Introduction 5
Basic Phrases 8
Scenarios 13
English - Turkish 31
Turkish- English 122
Menu Reader
Food...........................................................................................................202
Drink..........................................................................................................220
How the Language Works
Pronunciation.....................................................................................227
Abbreviations.....................................................................................228
TheTurkishAlphabet...................................................................228
Suffixes....................................................................................................229
VowelHarmony.................................................................................229
Articles.....................................................................................................230
Nouns.......................................................................................................231
Cases........................................................................................................232
Adjectives..............................................................................................236
PossessiveSuffixes......................................................................238
Demonstratives;Pronouns.....................................................241
Verbs.........................................................................................................244
Questions;Also,Too....................................................................257
Can,tobeable..................................................................................258
Dates.........................................................................................................259
Days;Months;Time......................................................................260
Numbers.................................................................................................262
ConversionTables..........................................................................264
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Introduction B
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The Rough Guide Turkish phrasebook is a highly practi- S
cal introduction to the contemporary language. Laid out I
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in clear A-Z style, it uses key-word referencing to lead you S
straight to the words and phrases you want – so if you need

to book a room, just look up ‘room’. The Rough Guide gets (cid:78)
straight to the point in every situation, in bars and shops, on (cid:0)(cid:0)(cid:0)
trains and buses, and in hotels and banks. In
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English-Turkish then Turkish-English. Before that, there’s a od
section calledBasic Phrases and to get you involved in two- u
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way communication, the Rough Guide includes, in this new t
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edition, a set of Scenariodialogues illustrating questions and o
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responses in key situations such as renting a car and asking
directions. You can hear these and then download them free
fromwww.roughguides.com/phrasebooksfor use on your
computer or MP3 player.
Forming the heart of the guide, the English-Turkishsection
gives easy-to-use transliterations of the Turkish words wherev-
er pronunciation might be a problem. Throughout this section,
cross-references enable you to pinpoint key facts and phrases,
while asterisked words indicate where further information can
be found in a section at the end of the book calledHow the
Language Works. This section sets out the fundamental rules
of the language, with plenty of practical examples. You’ll also
find here other essentials like numbers, dates, telling the time
and basic phrases. In the Turkish-English dictionary, we’ve
given you not just the phrases you’ll be likely to hear (starting
with a selection of slang and colloquialisms) but also many off
the signs, labels, instructions and other basic words you may
come across in print or in public places.
Near the back of the book too the Rough Guide offers an
extensive Menu Reader. Consisting of food and drink sections
(each starting with a list of essential terms), it’s indispensable
whether you’re eating out, stopping for a quick drink, or
browsing through a local food market.
iyiyolculuklar!
have a good trip!
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Basic
Phrases
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B yes goodmorning
A evet günaydın
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gewnĪduhn
I no
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hayır goodevening
P hĪ-uhr iyi akşamlar
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akshamlar
R OK
A tamam goodnight
S iyi geceler
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S gejeler
please
lütfen goodbye (general use)
hoşça kalın
lewtfen
hosh-cha kaluhn
thankyou
teşekkür ederim (said by person leaving)
Allahaısmarladık
teshekkewr
alaha-uhsmarladuhk
thanks
teşekkürler (said to person leaving)
güle güle
teshekkewrler
gewleh
don’tmentionit
bir şey değil hi! (hello)
merhaba!
shay deh-eel
seeyou!
yes,please
görüşürüz!
(evet) lütfen
gurewshewrewz
lewtfen
seeyoulater
nothankyou
görüşmek üzere
hayır, teşekkür ederim
gurewshmek ewzereh
hĪ-uhr teshekkewr
howareyou?/howdoyou
hello
merhaba do?
nasılsınız?
nasuhl-suhnuhz
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