Turkish language
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Turkish (Türkçe) is an Altaic language of the Turkic subgroup. It is spoken by the entirety of the country of Turkey and by a number of Turks living around the world.
Until Kemal Atatürk became the first President of Turkey, Turkish was written in the Arabic alphabet. Atatürk changed the script to the Latin alphabet, in an effort to increase literacy. However, Turkish still has a lot of Arabic loanwordsâas well as French and Persian.
Simple phrases
- Merhaba = Hello (formal)
- Selam = Hello
- Nasılsın? = How are you?
- Ä°yiyim = I'm fine
- TeÅekkür ederim = Thank you (formal)
- TeÅekkürler = Thanks
- SaÄ ol = Thank you
- Benim adım ... = My name is ...
- Türkçe bilmiyorum. = I don't speak Turkish.
- Ä°ngilizce biliyor musunuz? = Do you speak English?
- Tekrarlar mısınız? = Can you repeat it?
- Evet = Yes
- Hayır = No
- Belki = Maybe
- Biraz = A little
- Acıktım. = I'm hungry.
- Dur! = Stop!
- Yapma! = Don't do it!
- Ä°stemiyorum. = I don't want it.
- Tabii = Sure
- Bekledim. = I waited.