Aslı : Zeynep, I got tired. Shall we have a coffee there? Zeynep : Ok. There is a fortune teller there. She knows everything. We came here with Gamze the other day. Let’s go there. Aslı : I can’t believe you. Seriously? Zeynep : Yes, what’s wrong? Aslı [...]
In videos 10 and 11, we talked about past tense constructions, shopping dialogues as well as common expressions and behaviors. In this section titled “Gezi Nasıldı?” (How was the trip?), you will see that the actors are talking about a past event. In this question-and-answer dialogue, we tried to emphasize the sentences in which past [...]
Grandmother : Nur Where have they been? Mother (Nur) : They on the way. They’re coming. Grandmother-mother : They are here! Mother : Welcome! Zeynep : Hoş bulduk * (respond for hoş geldiniz) Mother : I missed you a lot. I am very happy. Where have you been? Come in. [...]
Aslı : Zeynep, look what I got. Zeynep : From shopping? Aslı : Yes. There's a very good deal on sales. Zeynep : Has the sale started? Aslı : Sure, it has. Zeynep : What did you buy? Aslı : I bought this t-shirt an that [...]
In our 9th video, we are demonstrating a dialogue on family and relatives while trying to emphasize the nouns used for relatives. Turkish is quite a rich language when it comes to naming relatives. There are a number of words that describe the relations with relatives. In fact, some of the words used for family [...]
Kaan : Hello Zeynep : Hello, welcome! All : Hoş bulduk* (*respond for welcome) Zeynep : Soo, how did it go? Kaan : Really good. Murat : But it was a little tiring. Zeynep : So what did you do? Tell me Kaan : We visited places, roamed around, had fun [...]
Zeynep : What are you looking for Aslı? Aslı : My camera, I want to take some pictures in Cappadocia. Zeynep : Use your phone. Aslı : No, I want to use that camera. Oh look what's here! An album! Is this your album? Zeynep : Let me see… Yes it's mine. [...]
Kaan : Hello guys. You know next week we have a trip to Cappadocia. Are you going? Aslı : When is the trip? Kaan : Between 18-21 May Zeynep : Are you guys going? Murat : Yes we are going. Aslı : I want to go, how is the schedule? Kaan : Here's the schedule. [...]
Aslı : When is the ferry coming? Zeynep : at three thirty. Hande : Aa Aslı! Aslı : Hande Abla! Hande : Hello! Aslı : Hello! Hande : How are you? Aslı : I am fine thank you, how are you? Hande : I'm fine too. Thank you. Aslı [...]
Zeynep : Do you guys have any foreigner students? Kaan : Yes we do. We have two foreign students. Right? Murat : No, we have 3 this year. Martin, Clara and Farouk Kaan : Isn't Farouk Turkish? Murat : No Farouk is Iranian. Zeynep : All right. Where is Martin from? Murat : Where's Martin [...]
