Turkish

[sanjo]

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

[dee]

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

[Jozzyd]

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

[mazz]

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

[jivebunnie0]

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.

[gema]

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!!

[skilly]

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

[Wimpy]

First two words i learnt was Hesap Lutfen

[Nik]

First two words i learnt was Hesap Lutfen

that's 10 lira please

[Wimpy]

bill please

[jivebunnie0]

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

[JaxAngel]

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

[Nik]

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=