Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

Hi all,
I've been to Icmeler five times now so this year I have decided I'm going to learn a bit of the language.
Last week I started a course and so far I have learnt the numbers, a few greetings and some food words. The trouble is I find the pronouncing some of the words quite hard
I was just wondering if any of you regular Icmelerites speak the language and do you find some of it hard going?

I dont know if its just me as my 15yr old seems to find it easier than me.

Perhaps I'm just thick

Its not easy! But 15 year olds dont have the same fear of saying it wrong as we do! so just go for it and dont worry! good luck

I am still saying wrong pronunciations after going to Turkey for 10 years (not Icmeler). No-one bothers they are just glad you made an effort

Sanjo

Have a look at this website: www.byki.com

You can download Turkish free here - the great thing is that you see the word and also hear it pronounced correctly by a Turkish speaker. You can also test yourself. It's quite cool.

Mazz

I downloaded byki and its good, but I'm still useless I forget from one week to another, but as you say jozzyd, its good to try and make the effort.

hey jivebunnie0

If it make you feel any better i have been trying to learn turkish for last couple of years only problem is my memory is dodgy!! I can remember the turkish words but i cant remember what they mean in english
I can now manage to say a few things but not many!!

Yesterday at work I met a lady who has been to Turkey 56 times!!!!
She was talking Turkish to me and I actually understood a little of what she said

First two words i learnt was Hesap Lutfen

Wimpy wrote:First two words i learnt was Hesap Lutfen

that's 10 lira please

bill please

Main problem I find is that there are so many letter u's and i's are pronounced as u as well, c's are ch's and some s's are sh's..... confused? join the club

I've been going to turkey for 12 years now and all I could ever say was hello and erm a few swear words I learnt as a kid lol. But last september/october I went there for a month and I learnt loads of new words and I still remember them now, I was back in icmeler in june and still knew how to say all my turkish words, I was so pleased with myself, hopefully when I go back in september I will learn a few more and keep practicing

I found this site,maybe be useful

http://www.phrasebase.com/forum/board.php?FID=353

btw,have a look at the whole site,and not just the forums,there are plenty of good pages.i.e

http://www.phrasebase.com/english/phras ... x.php?cat=