Teach Yourself Turkish Unit 11

Front 1

görevli

Back 1

employee

Front 2

şikayet

Back 2

complaint

Front 3

tam pansiyon

Back 3

full board

Front 4

felaket

Back 4

disaster

Front 5

dönmek

Back 5

to return

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manzara

Back 6

view, panorama

Front 7

birinci sınıf

Back 7

first class

Front 8

otele gelince

Back 8

on arriving at the hotel

Front 9

şikayet ettikten sonra

Back 9

after complaining

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en sonunda

Back 10

finally, in the end

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ne... ne...

Back 11

neither... nor...

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öbür oda

Back 12

the other room

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hem... hem...

Back 13

both... and...

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çarşaf

Back 14

sheet

Front 15

gürültülü

Back 15

noisy

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devam etmek

Back 16

to continue, to go on

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saçma

Back 17

nonsense

Front 18

berbat

Back 18

terrible

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tatsız

Back 19

tasteless

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iğrenç

Back 20

disgusting

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şikayet etmeye çalıştık

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we tried to complain

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ya... ya...

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either... or...

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geri almak

Back 23

to take back

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hemen şimdi

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right now

Front 25

en kısa zamanda

Back 25

as soon as possible

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üzülmek

Back 26

to be sorry

Front 27

Hem futbol hem voleybol oynamayı severim.

Back 27

I like playing both football and volleyball.

Front 28

Ya çarşamba ya perşembe gelin.

Back 28

Come either on Wednesday or on Thursday.

Front 29

Yavuz ne yakışıklı ne sempatik.

Back 29

Yavuz is neither handsome nor likeable.

Front 30

Ben yapmışım.

Back 30

I did it, supposedly.

Front 31

Dün gelmişsin.

Back 31

You're supposed to have come yesterday, apparently you came yesterday.

Front 32

Bitmiş diyorlar.

Back 32

They say it's finished.

Front 33

Kaçırmışız.

Back 33

They say we've missed it.

Front 34

Arabamı sız sürmüşsünüz.

Back 34

Apparently it's you who drove my car.

Front 35

Futbol oynamışlar.

Back 35

I gather they play football.

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iyiymişim

Back 36

I am/was supposed to be good

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postacıymışsın

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I gather you are/were a postman

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İngilizmiş

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it's said he is/was English

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şişmanmışız

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they say we are/were fat

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sempatikmişsiniz

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apparently you are/were likeable

Front 41

tehlikeliymişler

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they are/were said to be dangerous

Front 42

Enteresan mıymış?

Back 42

Is it supposed to be interesting?

Front 43

Türk değil miymiş?

Back 43

Wasn't she supposed to be Turkish?

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Neymiş?

Back 44

What did you say it was?

Front 45

Neredeymiş?

Back 45

Where do they say it was?

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Niçinmiş?

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Why?

Front 47

Otel güzelmiş.

Back 47

They said the hotel was nice.

Front 48

Doğru mu yapmışım?

Back 48

Have I done it right?

Front 49

Bir güzel prenses varmış...

Back 49

There was a beautiful princess...

Front 50

Üç erkek bara girmiş...

Back 50

Three men walked into a bar...

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geçmiş

Back 51

the past

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dolmuş

Back 52

a 'stuffed' taxi

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iyi pişmiş

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well-cooked

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kızarmış

Back 54

fried

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-miştir

Back 55

You can use this when you're not sure that something's happened, but expect it to be the case. English equivalents are the expressions 'I expect' or 'must have.'

Front 56

Bir saat önce çıktı. Şimdi oraya gelmiştir.

Back 56

She left an hour ago. She must have arrived by now.

Front 57

Bu iş iyi değil. Hızlı yapmışlardır.

Back 57

This work's not good. I expect they did it quickly.

Front 58

Unutmuştur.

Back 58

She must have forgotten.

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Ankara treni üçüncü perona gelmiştir.

Back 59

The Ankara train has arrived at platform three.

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Dükkanımızda yaz sezonu başlamıştır.

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In this store, the summer season has now started.

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-ince

Back 61

on ...-ing, when

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-dikten sonra

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after ...-ing

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İstanbul'a gelince doğru otelimize gittik.

Back 63

On arriving in Istanbul, we went straight to our hotel.

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Beni görünce güldü.

Back 64

He smiled when he saw me.

Front 65

Yemeğini yedikten sonra uyudu.

Back 65

She fell asleep after eating her meal.

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Yarım saat bekledikten sonra eve döndüm.

Back 66

After waiting half an hour I went home.

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-ken

(added to the 3rd person singular aorist)

Back 67

whilst ...-ing

Front 68

Temizlerken kafamı çarptım.

Back 68

Whilst cleaning I banged my head.

Front 69

Çalışırken radyo dinliyor.

Back 69

He's listening to the radio whilst working.

Front 70

-den önce

(add to the short infinitive)

Back 70

before ...-ing

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-den

(add to the short infinitive)

Back 71

without ...-ing

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Alışveriş yapmadan önce kütüphaneye gitti.

Back 72

Before doing the shopping, he went to the library.

Front 73

Gazeteyi okumadan önce kahvaltı yaptı.

Back 73

She had breakfast before reading the paper.

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Alışveriş yapmadan kütüphaneye gitti.

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Without doing the shopping, he went to the library.

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Gazeteyi okumadan kahvaltı yaptı.

Back 75

She had breakfast without reading the paper.

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temiz

temizlemek

Back 76

clean

to clean

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hesap

hesaplamak

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bill, invoice

to calculate

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üf

üflemek

Back 78

(blowing sound)

to blow, to make a blowing noise

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parça

parçalamak

Back 79

piece

to break into pieces

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hazır

hazırlamak

Back 80

ready

to prepare to make ready

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saçma

saçmalamak

Back 81

nonsense, rubbish

to talk nonsense

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tekrar

tekrarlamak

Back 82

again

to repeat

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fırça

fırçalamak

Back 83

brush

to brush

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zayıf

zayıflamak

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slim

to lose weight

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iyi

iyileşmek

Back 85

good

to get better

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bir

birleşmek

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one

to unite, to come together

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yer

yerleşmek

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place

to settle, to fit in

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uzak

uzaklaşmak

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far

to go away

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Avrupalı

Avrupalılaşmak

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European

to Europeanize

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fazla

Back 90

too much

Front 91

seçmek

Back 91

to choose

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yakışmak

Back 92

to be attractive

Front 93

yeterince

Back 93

sufficient, enough

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koyu

Back 94

dark

Front 95

açık

Back 95

light

Front 96

gelecekte

Back 96

in the future

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rejim

Back 97

diet

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tada bakmak

Back 98

to taste, to sample

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merak etmek

Back 99

to worry

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uyanmak

Back 100

to wake up

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düdük

Back 101

beep

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ses

Back 102

sound, voice

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dört gözle beklemek

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to look forward to

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bağırmak

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to cry out, to shout

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günün birinde

Back 105

one day

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komşu

Back 106

neighbour

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komşularından biri

Back 107

one of his neighbours

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acele bir işim çıktı

Back 108

urgent business has cropped up

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eşek

Back 109

donkey

Front 110

istek

Back 110

request

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olumsuz

Back 111

negative

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başkası

Back 112

someone else

Front 113

fakat

Back 113

however

Front 114

tam bu sırada

Back 114

just at that moment

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ahır

Back 115

stable

Front 116

anırmak

Back 116

to bray

Front 117

aşkolsun

Back 117

shame on you

Front 118

yoksa

Back 118

or else

Front 119

toplamak

Back 119

to tidy up

Front 120

şirket

Back 120

company

Front 121

ile beraber

Back 121

together with

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ilk önce

Back 122

first of all

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özür dilemek

Back 123

to apologize

Front 124

teklif

Back 124

offer

Front 125

müşteri

Back 125

customer

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bizim yapabileceğimiz bir şey yok

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there's nothing we can do

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bu seferlik

Back 127

just this once

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özel

Back 128

special

Front 129

teklif etmek

Back 129

to offer

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zaten

Back 130

anyhow, in any case

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gidip geldik

Back 131

we went and then came back

Front 132

konuşup, telefon edin.

Back 132

talk and then phone me