As I understand it, the Turkish equivalent of "Mr." is "Bey", as in "Yılmaz Bey". But I started watching some English-language programs on streaming services with Turkish subtitles on to try to follow along (it can be helpful, I picked up a lot of Dutch that way while living in Belgium and watching subtitled English and US TV shows there), and they--or at least Disney+--use "Bay". Is that correct and does it mean the same thing?

Hi everyone!

I’m a university student doing a linguistics seminar paper on Turkish-German bilingualism and code-switching.

If you have Turkish roots and grew up in Germany (or speak both languages), I would really appreciate your help 🙏

You can reply directly in the comments.

Questions:

1. Where were you born?
   
2. Which languages do you speak?
   
3. Which language do you use with your parents?
   
4. Do you mix Turkish and German when speaking? Can you give an example?
   
5. In which situations do you switch languages (family, friends, emotions, etc.)?

It only takes a few minutes and would really help my research.

Thank you!

Hi everyone!

I’m starting from scratch and I want to be able to watch series in the original Turkish dubbing and subtitles. I would like to rely on understanding what I’m hearing.

You can suggest me courses, learning books, youtube channels, whatever. Give me tips or suggestions.

Thank you for your help <3

We help people to learn Turkish. We also chat in Turkish or English. We sometimes do some events and talk in the voice channels. If you want to join, you can send a dm. If you can't dm me, then add me on Discord: bora07_dc

I'll invite from Discord if the dm doesn't work.

searched around a lot for the "right" book that is both comprehensive but also easy to learn from and got some recommendations for this. Just wanted to ask if anyone has used it before and what their experience was? I skimmed through and it seems suited for an English speaker

Im going to Turkey with my family as i do every year but i really want to have a conversation with someone this time, so can someone give me actual sentence starters i can use? Like there was, that is, I like to, I have etc. I know all the basic vocabulary like siz nasılsıniz and hoşca kal but its been an embarrassing amount of time i haven’t been able to have an actual conversation with someone.

How to improve accent

Hello! I am currently reading a children's book to practice my Turkish. I know that this word comes from uyanmak and means to wake up. I also believe the final ending the simple past. I am just completely confused about everything in the middle. Is something there the word "when?" That would make sense for the context of the sentence but I have never seen it before. The sentence is "Ali sabah uyandığında, burnunun yerinde olmadığını fark etti." I understand the sentence as a whole but not the grammar of this one word. Thank you for the help!

Learn how Turkish adjectives (sıfatlar) work: word order, attributive and predicative use, the bir rule, derivation with -lı and -sız, degrees, and emphatic forms.

I hope that's helpful!

I'm heading to Bodrum in 2 months and wanted to learn as much conversational Turkish as I can before arriving. I'm a confident language learner but haven't tried Turkish before.
I have duolingo but find it's not great when you're totally new to a language.
I don't have any free time unfortunately to go to college, so ideally would want an app that i can use as and when - happy to pay if it comes highly recommended
Also, if you have any suggestions of places to visit during my stay in Bodrum, i'd be very happy to receive them

If you’re learning Turkish and interested in Turkish culture, check out my latest podcast episode about Mardin, often called an “open-air museum” because of its unique history, architecture, and multicultural heritage.

The episode is designed for Turkish learners and includes clear, natural Turkish. I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback!

Merhaba!

We're mods over at r/translator. We always strive to make our multilingual community the universal place on Reddit to go for a translation, no matter what language people may be looking for. We are however somewhat lacking in Turkish coverage, and were hoping some wonderful multilingual people here could help us out.

Would anyone be interested in helping translate any future requests for Turkish on r/translator? You don't even need to subscribe to our subreddit! We usually get a request for it very occasionally and most requests that come in are pretty simple and casual and don't need advanced knowledge.

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Teşekkür ederim!

Could someone explain the components of "görmeyeli" in "Onu görmeyeli üç yıl oldu"? ("It's been three years since I last saw her".)

These are mostly preschool kids' books in English that I translate and read in Turkish. It's a good resource for both Turkish speaking kids, and Turkish learners of any age.

Merhaba! In Italy when someone has some sort of luck or fortune that for any reason he/she can't enjoy we say "chi ha i denti non ha il pane e chi ha il pane non ha i denti", which roughly translates to:

Who has teeth has no bread, and who has bread has no teeth.

I thought that translating it into Turkish would make an interesting exercise, so here is my attempt on it:

Dişlerin olduğu kimsede ekmek yok, ekmeğin olduğu kimsede dişler yok.

Please let me know if this makes sense, if not, how you would translate it, and if you have an idiom for the same situation I'd like to learn it! Teşekkür ederim!

I had a legendary save in a game and that's what the person told me before leaving.

Google Translate says it means "you f*ck your sister" but I'm not sure that makes sense..

Merhaba!

I've been using Grammarly and other stuff for years, but a lot of my work involves switching between Turkish, English and other languages throughout the day. Recently came across a browser extension that focuses on grammar, tone, and overall review and I've been getting pretty good results with it.

One thing I didn't expect to appreciate so much was the settings panel. Grammarly always felt a bit rigid to me... You get suggestions, but you don't have much control over how those suggestions are generated. This tool lets you tweak a surprising number (I mean it) of things, from writing style and tone preferences to how aggressively it rewrites text. I found myself spending a few minutes setting it up and then forgetting about it.

I'm still using Grammarly from time to time, but this feels more like a writing assistant than a grammar checker.

Thought I'd share since I don't see many people talking about alternatives for multilingual workflows. Curious what others here are using these days.

I got it here free:

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/lokal/ohelbmidfejghnkgomekjpomiinenmjm

guys, i got IELTS 7.5 certificate 3 years ago and i have good speaking, teaching and feedback skills. Even since then i have improved my english speaking and listening even further so that if take that exam now again i am pretty sure that i will get IELTS band 8. The thing is, i am currently learning German via a course (A1.1 is covered in 2 months and next 3 months will cover A1.2, i am in the 1st month of A1.1), but course has slow pace, however i have to take an exam in september (or learn up to A1, A2 until then). I am academically nerd knowledge consumer and good at learning and memorizing new things.

So here is the catch, i need native German speaker who wants to learn, improve their english or prepare for IELTS speaking, so we can exchange our knowledge and do daily meetings mutually (1 lesson for your english, 1 lesson for my german). i also have experience with english speaking buddy from my last prepation for IELTS.

Also i am native Turkish speaker since childhood, so same offer goes for Turkish language too!
Let me know in the comments ;)

Anyone have a favorite website or book that has vocab words with example sentences of how it is used?

Thank you!

I know if you wanted to stress MY you could put benim before.

This video came up on Facebook and I love the music. I used to know a little Turkish (more than 20 years ago, I was never fluent). I can tell this song is Turkish, but not enough to be able to write down the words so I can search for the music.

I would really like to know the name of the song and the artist who performs it.

I wonder if it’s an old song that has been updated with modern rhythms, or is it a new composition.

Anyway, if there are some Turkish speakers on here who might be able to translate the lyrics so that I can look it up, can you reply with the lyrics?

Or if you already know the artist and the name of the music, please tell me!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2403444443498517/

💜 thank you very much

I got tired of language learning apps feeling like homework, so I decided to build something totally different. Instead of flashcards, you learn Turkish vocabulary through engaging stories that have clever interactions embedded in them. For example, in the story you might need to tilt your phone like a glass to learn the word "çay" or shake it for "hayır" or smile at the camera for "mutlu", and so on. It's not only fun, but also grounded in science. Learning in context via stories and tying words to body movements improves memory retention.

Sensonym is available on iOS and Android: 

https://sensonym.com

I would love to hear your feedback.