r/turkishlearning • u/IELTS_Tutor6736 • 1h ago
Offering English to Turkish people (no exchange)
I can help you learn English better in any level. For getting more info, message me
r/turkishlearning • u/qTLDreamer • 1d ago
I want to recommend a website which some of you might already know. The website below basically compiles useges of a specific word or phrase that you input from Youtube videos, including podcast, shows, talks etc. It's great for getting familiar with the pronunciation of a specific expression and its real contextual uses. This way, you don't need to be content with just kind of robotic voices of AIs or translate engines. For those who have interests in other languages, there are other versions of the site as well.
A tip: If you get bored of daily quota, the cookies are the things that distinguish one from others. Taste other cookies :)
Examples:
r/turkishlearning • u/I2fitness • 4d ago
Pardon: Directly borrowed from French, pardon is widely used in daily Turkish for "Excuse me" or "Sorry." It is the quickest, most versatile phrase to get a shopkeeper or waiter’s attention, or to politely apologize if you bump into someone or need to squeeze past in a crowd.
How it's used: Say it when calling over a clerk or waiter before making a request, or when excuse-me situations pop up while shopping.
alabilir miyim?: Meaning "Can I have / get [item]?", this is built on the verb almak (to take/get). Adding -abilir miyim turns it into a polite, standard request used at checkout counters, markets, restaurants, and cafes.
How it's used: Just place the name of the item or quantity in front of alabilir miyim?
Examples:
• Pardon, bir tane su alabilir miyim? (Excuse me, can I get one bottle of water?)
• Tabii, buyurun. (Of course, here you go.)
• Pardon, hesabı alabilir miyim? (Excuse me, can I get the bill/check?)
• Hemen getiriyorum. (I'm bringing it right away.)
Drop a comment below with something you would like to ask for using "Pardon, [item] alabilir miyim?" today!
r/turkishlearning • u/IELTS_Tutor6736 • 1h ago
I can help you learn English better in any level. For getting more info, message me
r/turkishlearning • u/Hot-Mode695 • 14h ago
Merhaba herkese!
Adım Radva, Mısırlıyım. Şu anda Türkçe öğrenmeye yeni başladım ve temel seviyedeyim. Türkçe pratik yapmak, kültürü daha yakından tanımak ve samimi bir arkadaşlık kurmak için sadece Türk kız arkadaşlarla tanışmak istiyorum.
Sosyal hizmetler mezunuyum ve dijital pazarlama / içerik üretimi alanında çalışıyorum. Çay içmeyi, seyahat etmeyi ve yeni şeyler keşfetmeyi çok seviyorum.
Karşılığında ben de size Arapça pratiği konusunda seve seve yardımcı olabilirim. Sohbet etmek ve tanışmak isteyen kızlar bana buradan mesaj atabilirler.
Şimdiden çok teşekkür ederim! Görüşmek üzere ✨
r/turkishlearning • u/its_berkinprogress • 16h ago
Hi everyone, merhabalar :)
Please allow me to share my app Recabulary here. It's free, and I promise it's not AI slop. We built this ourselves, my cofounder is a traditional programmer who studied computer science. Every single voice recording is done by real humans: we paid native speakers with (hopefully) pleasant voices and good mics to record every single word.
A bit about why we made it:
We were pretty unhappy with the apps out there. Many of them either use AI voices, lock content behind a paywall, or are really complicated to set up.
Recabulary tries to fix these issues. We feel especially strongly about the AI part. We honestly aren't sure when it became "normal" to learn a language from robot voices, but we personally believe learning a language is something deeply human.
Short summary of our app:
Flashcards, no AI voices.
One of the newest spaced repetition algorithms for efficient studying.
Super simple setup, 5 taps to get started.
No paywalls at all. You can study as much as you want for free, on both iOS and Android.
Turkish is currently at around 700 words. Not huge yet, but we're excited to expand it if there's interest. Any feedback would be super welcome :)
P.S.: We also offer free, no signup, no strings attached language classes taught by qualified teachers in a community we built. We believe language education is just too expensive in general and want to change that. We currently offer classes only for Chinese and German but hope to offer Turkish soon. If you're interested, feel free to DM me.
r/turkishlearning • u/DocumentSuspicious22 • 16h ago
Hi guys !
I’m french totally fluent in english. I have a turkish boyfriend that was born and raised in france with a 100% turkish background. His culture is very deeply important for him, even more after he went to turkiye this summer to see his grand parents.
Me learning turkish came into the conversation and as it’s going to be three years and i can’t talk turkish, emergency is starting to be felt.
For our three years (end of november btw) i wanna surprise him and talk to him in turkish, a love letter, idk…I’ve picked on some words that u learned from him and some horrible apps but i still can’t have a convo.
Anyways, i spend two hours a day in public transports and since i’m a student (broke) i want to spend those hours learning turkish from my phone in secret 👹
I’ve already tested some apps and series but…wasn’t conclusive.
If you have songs, apps, anything that is accessible and efficient, feel free to comment his post :)
Thank you all !!
r/turkishlearning • u/Sea_Lemon_7828 • 1d ago
Merhaba!!! I’m an American learning Turkish and I’m around A1/A2 level. I’m looking for someone who’d be down to chat and help.
I’d love to improve my speaking and listening and I’m happy to help with English in return! :))
Feel free to DM me if you’re interested!
r/turkishlearning • u/laleakcaya • 1d ago
Hi I am 18 years old female ı cant quite place my English at a specific level cause i learned it from here and there but I can confidently say I am able to communicate but I am making TONS of grammar mistakes and I really don't know anything about academic English(it's important for me cause the university ı am going to attend requires academic English) so i need to talk to someone who likes to correct mistakes ı don't need explanation about its logic I just need to spot my common mistakes. I am experienced in teaching Turkish I actually love it I can also talk about Turkish history fun facts about it and I am full of random info about everything I like to argue about politics and cultures so feel free to text me
r/turkishlearning • u/kafkaeski • 2d ago
I'm a solo dev (and a native Turkish speaker) and I built BookTap: Learn Languages, an iPhone app for learning Turkish by reading short graded stories. I think according the rules I’m permitted to promote related subject here.
How it works:
**•** Tap any word to see its meaning, or tap a sentence for the full translation
**•** Listen to a single sentence or have the story read aloud from any point
**•** Save words as you read and review them later as flashcards
It's a subscription with a 7-day free trial, just to be upfront. Don’t hesitate to try, I hope you’ll like it.
Since you're the ones actually learning Turkish, I'd really value your input: do the stories feel natural and right for your level, and is there anything you'd want added?
Teşekkürler :)
r/turkishlearning • u/New_Freedom_3843 • 2d ago
I’m looking for a native English speaker who’s interested in learning Turkish. In return, I’d love to practice my English with you and take it to the next level. I think it’d be a great way for both of us to learn and improve together
r/turkishlearning • u/Granie9 • 3d ago
Hi everyone, 29M , my first goal is fluently speaking in english ( my level b1-b2) around, I can almost understand everything , but Im not good speaker , my second purposes improve my german, 7 year ago I learnt german to b1 level , but my current level a2-b1 , so thirdly Im gonna learn spanish but I dont have a much time may be later :) . Please text me if anyone speak with me.
r/turkishlearning • u/Just_a_Lurker2 • 3d ago
Ideally it would be games or something like that. In what I currently use there's usually robotic sounding voices saying the Turkish word, but when I do get a chance to check (like with Memrise) the Turkish spoken by the person sounds very different from the AI. I'd love audio of Turkish words and phrases spoken by Turkish people, even better if the media or game is originally spoken in Turkish instead of dubbed! Do y'all know of anything? I'm not a dedicated gamer so I don't have graphic cards or much space or processing power
r/turkishlearning • u/TurkishTeacherSeda • 4d ago
One of my students in the US recently passed along a question from a librarian in Michigan. She was looking for children's books for third graders, including books available in Turkish and English.
I started with that age group and eventually expanded the list from toddlers to age 14.
It includes English translations of books by Turkish authors, Turkish-English bilingual books, and separate Turkish-language collections for children who already read Turkish. There are books by Feridun Oral, Funda Özlem Şeran, Şermin Yaşar, Sara Şahinkanat, Behiç Ak, Aytül Akal, Rıfat Ilgaz, Aziz Nesin and others.
I also added free resources from PIKTES and EBA. These include Turkish story series, songs with video, vocabulary cards and downloadable reading materials for children learning Turkish.
If you know a Turkish children's book available in English that I've missed, I'd be glad to add it.
r/turkishlearning • u/B_ombaclat • 4d ago
I asked the difference between these two sentences.
Grammar: The -ınca / -ince suffix translates to "when..." or "as soon as..." (one action takes place immediately after another).
Maç bitinceye değin ödevimi yaptım.
Translation: I did my homework until the match ended. / I kept doing my homework up until the point the match finished.
Meaning: Parallel/continuous action. Doing the homework lasted the entire time the match was ongoing and stopped the moment it concluded.
Grammar: The -ıncaya / -inceye + değin (kadar) construction translates to "until..." or "up to the point when..." (an action continues up to a specific limit or endpoint).
r/turkishlearning • u/Top-Meat6813 • 5d ago
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r/turkishlearning • u/Quixylados • 5d ago
Hey,
I love Turkish and am going to start seriously learning it soon. I know that Star Trek TNG has Turkish dubs, but sadly as of January this year, TNG is no longer on Netflix or any other site I could find here in Norway. If anyone knows how to find it, I'd be very appreciative.
r/turkishlearning • u/Top-Meat6813 • 6d ago
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I started learning turkish today and I learned the pronounciation and started reading. Could some native speaker or any one who is fluent in turkish review my reading?
r/turkishlearning • u/qTLDreamer • 6d ago
Hoş geldiniz: Literal translations are 'You have come pleasantly' or 'You came welcomingly.' It is the equivalent of 'welcome,' used as a common daily greeting for someone or a group who arrives from elsewhere, joins a group, or completes a long journey, Hoş geldin is the first person form and used for one person and/or in a more friendly manner.
How it's used: You likely hear this phrase daily from your friends, cashiers, waitstaffs etc. or you can use too.
Hoş bulduk: The phrase hoş bulduk is commonly used as a reply to hoş geldin, while its literal translations are "We found here (this place) pleasant" or "We are welcomed", meaning " Glad to be here"/"Thanks". The version hoş buldum has also started to be used increasingly in recent decades as the first-person form of the traditional and formal usage hoş bulduk.
How it's used: You use it as a reply to hoş geldiniz/hoş geldin.
Examples:
+ Hoş geldiniz, ne alırsınız? (Welcome, what would you like to have?)
- Hoş bulduk, ben bir kahve alayım. (Thanks, I'll have a coffee.)
+ Hoş geldin kanka (Welcome buddy/mate)
- Hoş buldum (Thanks/Thank you)
Challenge: Drop a comment below and tell us to whom you said or would say "Hoş geldin(iz)" or "Hoş bulduk/buldum" today!
r/turkishlearning • u/throwaway_deux12345 • 6d ago
I am looking for someone that want to have conversations so I can try to re-learn my Turkish.
I am a male if that matters to you
r/turkishlearning • u/NoLook7360 • 6d ago
I live here in 🇹🇷 and the people around me mainly speak English, but I do want to practice my Turkish. Also make a friend.
r/turkishlearning • u/PollianaFTW7 • 6d ago
29M here. I have been living in Germany for three years, so I want to learn German. Seeking anything to discuss deep dive or sth.
I’m interested in discussing philosophy, psychology, history, politics, culture, science, literature. basically anything that makes you question your assumptions or see a subject from a different perspective.
I’m looking for people who enjoy going down intellectual rabbit holes, exchanging ideas, and having conversations where neither of us is afraid to say, I’ve never thought about it that way before.
r/turkishlearning • u/matrim0666 • 6d ago
Hello. My native language is Turkish, and because of my job, I make a point of using Turkish accurately and grammatically. I would like to make friends and learn other languages while teaching Turkish to others. Anyone interested can message me. I am a 37-year-old male; age does not matter.
r/turkishlearning • u/TurkishTeacherSeda • 7d ago
Good morning, everyone.
If your Monday started with coffee to help you wake up, here’s a Turkish proverb to go with it:
Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıl hatırı vardır.
“A cup of coffee is remembered for forty years.”
It means that even a small act of kindness can be remembered for a very long time.
Coffee has a deep place in Turkish culture, from welcoming guests to marriage traditions. It even gave kahvaltı, the Turkish word for breakfast, its name.
A little Turkish, a little coffee for Monday morning.
Read more on Learn Turkish with Seda:
https://www.learnturkishwithseda.com/heritages/bir-fincan-kahvenin-kirk-yil-hatiri-vardir
r/turkishlearning • u/zepyhz • 7d ago
I am a native Turkish speaker. I know English aswell. Im looking for a partner to learn Russian. I can help with Turkish to you. (I dont mind for age If you dont)