THE Turkish language belongs to the Turkish group of Altaic languages and has speakers in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, FYROM and other countries of the former Ottoman Empire, as well as in several countries of the European Union, where several million immigrants of Turkish origin live. The number of native speakers is uncertain, mainly due to the lack of sufficient data on minority languages in Turkey.
The language in everyday life
Turkish has many standard expressions for different social circumstances. Several of them are made up of verb nouns along with the Turkish verb et- ("I do").
| literal translation | importance (where different) | |
|---|---|---|
| Hello | welcome | Hello |
| Hello | 1. Forward (on the phone); 2.Ladies / Lady (polite, for men and women, married or unmarried); 3.Sorry, you can repeat | |
| My lord | Mister | |
| Günaydın | [The] day [is] bright | good morning |
| Good days | Good days | good morning |
| Good evening | Good evening | Good evening |
| Good night | Good nights | Good night |
| Yes | Yes | |
| No | No | |
| Maybe | Maybe | |
| Welcome | You came well / pleasantly | Welcome (familiar) |
| You are welcome | You came well / pleasantly | Welcome (plural or plural politeness) |
| I was happy | [We] found it well | Welcome |
| How are you? | How are you; | What are you doing; (familiar) |
| How are you? | How are you; (plural) | How are you? (plural or plural of courtesy) |
| İyiyim, how are you? | I'm fine how are you; (familiar) | |
| Yiyim, how are you? | I'm fine; how are you? (plural or plural of courtesy) | |
| I'm alive | I'm also fine | Me too |
| Affedersiniz | You are forgiving | Sorry |
| Please | you are welcome | |
| I thank you; Be safe | I make the noun from "thank you" | Thanks |
| Something is wrong | It's nothing | Nothing Please |
| Rica ederim | I'm asking | Please / Nothing / The beaches |
| Estağfurullah | I ask forgiveness from God (widespread Muslim prayer) | Please / Nothing / The beaches |
| Be past | May it pass | Transient (for diseases or in general difficulty, as long as it lasts or while it has just passed) |
| Be healthy | I wish your head is healthy | My condolences |
| Get healthy | Hello in your hands | |
| Afiyet olsun | May it be healthy | Good appetite |
| Kolay gelsin | May it come easily | (to someone who works |
| Güle güle kullanın | Use [it] with a smile | Hello (for new item) |
| Be healthy | May it be healthy | Bless you (for haircut, shave, bath) |
| Hoşçakal ()n) | Enjoy your stay | Goodbye (to someone left behind) |
| Güle güle | [Go] smiling | Goodbye (to someone leaving) |
| We are Exalted in Allah | [We] praised God | Goodbye (to someone who stays behind, for a long time) |
Dictionaries
- Greek-Turkish dictionary from Speech Processing Institute
- Turkish vocabulary lessons
- Greek-Turkish / Turkish-Greek Online Dictionary and Translation from All Writing San. Ltd. .Ti.
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