Learn Turkish!!!

[flora79]

Hi all,

just for your info really.

I have just found that you can now attend Turkish lessons in Wales and got so excited that I had to share the info with you!

I have been waiting and wanting for many years and they have finally arrived.

For anyone who is interestted they are run as adult courses from the University of Wales Cardiff and start at beginners on to Improvers.

The only down side is the cost coming in at about £85 for beginners and £160 for the Improvers.

Ive already enrolled!!!

Laura

[reesy1959]

Good luck in your Turkish learning classes Flora, hope you find it easy enough. I would love to come along, but unfortunately with the shifts I work, its not really worth me enrolling as I would have to miss a few weeks.

[Jula]

Good Luck, you can teach us on here when your finished lol

I've been trying to learn Turkish since i first went in 1993, i've really only mastered the sweary words,well actually they're the only ones i seem to remember when i'm out there lol

[w3ndy]

That price doesn't sound too bad, it's over £300 at Manchester Uni for the beginners course. Like Mary I work shifts so I'd miss too many lessons

[flora79]

Hi All

I started on the course last week and it felt a little bit like going home.

We have a turkish teacher who is naturaly welcoming and reassuring.

I was actually surprised at how well I coped as I started on the Intermediate course rather than beginners.

I surprised myself actually with how much I'd picked up...

Do you think that it's cheating that I usually talk Turkish to my boyfriend? Hahahah

Anyway, it would be my pleasure to impart any knowledge on the site if you so wish...

[Fanny]

hi flora
it'd be great if you share your turkish on here please - I can just about manage "good day", "2 beers please" and "thank you" so it'd be great to add to it

must admit that i must be one of the stereotypical Brits who just assume everyone speaks English - could you imagine our reaction to people coming to England with NO grasp of the language at all
time I think for me to at least try to put that right

[flora79]

No problem Fanny,

I've learnt a fair bit so far, so where would you like me to start...

Any phrases or requests welcome lol

I'm hoping that this will actually help me to remember too!

[Fanny]

Hi Flora
would be grateful for little holiday phrases please - I can manage "2 beers" but it'd be great to order food in Turkish!

[*Becki*]

I have a Turkish phasebook my friend gave me.It's really good,has different sections in and 1 of them is for eating out.I don't know were she got it from but will ask her and post up on here.It is called a 'lonely plant phasebook'.Aswell as the different phases it also has a English/Turkish and Turkish/English dictionary in the back too.

[morh]

Hi *Becki*

All you need to post is the ISBN from the book. This will make it easy for anyone interested to trace publication details. ISBN is the 10 digit number.

Thanks.

[*Becki*]

Oh right didn't know that morh...

The ISBN number is 1-86450-316-5

[Fanny]

cheers Becki

will add it to my XMas list and hopefully get one ha ha

[morh]

Thanks for that Becki.

If anyone does want to purchase a copy it is so much easier for them to search if you have the ISBN of the book.

[patrushka]

ive got the same book
i bought it in wh smith
very good because it shows you how to pronounce the words too
my bf whos turkish thought it was very good too
handy for us because although his english is very good sometimes its very difficult trying to explain some words
especially over the phone when miming is a no no
p

[flora79]

The best investment I made was "201 Turkish Verbs"

This has all the most popular verbs fully conjugated and has certainly proved its worth!!!

[reesy1959]

The best investment I made was "201 Turkish Verbs"

This has all the most popular verbs fully conjugated and has certainly proved its worth!!!

I bought that book in Amazon a few months back, I was studying it religiously for the first few days, but then it seems to have been put on the shelf. I must get it back out again.

Good luck with your learning Flora.

[flora79]

Hello all,

I haven't posted for a fair bit of time now and was reading through my old posts when I came across this - I attended my course and found it absolutely fantastic, unfortunately when I tried to go further this year they did not have enough attendees for the advanced course.

Not to be defeated I set about finding alternatives and am pleased to say that I now have private lessons with a Turkish lady in Cardiff who is fab.

I am lucky enough now to be able to fully converse with my other half to the point where we only now speak Turkish.

I am considering amove to Turkey at the end of this year and am contemplating giving Turkish lessons to people in the Icmeler/Marmaris areas throughout the winter.

Could you help me gauge how many people would be interested?

I am a qualified language teacher in the UK so this is merely a step in the right direction for me...


Thanks

[Gunny]

Theres a Turkish Phrasebook app for the Iphone
Speaks the phrases out to you so you get the pronunciation right
Talks a bit fast though

[reesy1959]

I have ordered stages 1/2/3 from Rosetta Stone. Can't wait to start it.

[mark]

Reesy1959,if you don't mind me asking how much was it?