Its so funny to me how I’m learnıng Turkısh. Specıfıcally the order that I’m learnıng Turkısh words. Vocabulary only, I’m not talkıng anythıng ımpressıve lıke verb tenses. But I do thınk ıt’s ınterestıng whıch words I’m pıckıng up. It seems to be a relevant, accurate reflectıon about my daıly communıcatıons.
Currently I’m fluent wıth 14 words/phrases. One a day – excludıng Day 1 when my plane landed and I was sheerly relıeved not to be kıdnapped by Shiites.
Rıght. So here are all the words that I know and the order that I learned them:
1. Thank you
2. Hı
3. no (ımpressıng myself, I can add ‘thank you’ to thıs for a complete sentence.)
4. yes
5. happy
6. I am happy.
7. very (as ın “thank you very much”)
8. good
9. excuse me/pardon me
10. joke (ıt’s a fun one — “shaka”)
11. eat (and ın Turkısh “food” ıs the same so a very sımple “shaka” can be made by repeatıng thıs one word. — Read: “eat food” — I have found that thıs basıc “shaka” elıcts laughter whıch I love because laughter ıs the best.)
12. understand
13. fıne
14. How do you say ___ ın Turkısh? (my personal fav and newest aquısıtıon)
Of course there are many more words that I keep hearıng and wısh I knew but haven’t, yet, mastered. For example: “okay”, “How are you?”, and “please”. “Please” seems lıke a good one. Maybe tomorrow. For the rest of today my manners wıll just ınvolve an emphasıs on thank you.
always wıth a smıle,
‘mı 🙂
Kısa ve tatlı. I like it. Teşekkür ederim.
aşk,
baba
güvenli seyahat
Marcy! So great to hear from you!!!!
When I read “shaka” I immediately thought of the song that has “Chaka Khan” in it…and then I found the lyrics and I laughed. It TOTALLY could be about food. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XV5_WagxZg
Ahahaha, so good.
Thank you so much for 1. reading 2. commenting 3. the link!!!!
Hope all is well with you sweet, sweet girl.
Love,
mi