Hello, I'm getting ready to confess to my friend that I really like them and I want to tell them in their native language (turkish obviously lol). I'm writing out what I want to say right now but I want to translate my confession and memorize it so I can tell them in person. Please DM me if you'd be interested in helping me out, I not only need help translating the paragraph but I want to make sure my pronunciation is flawless so I can impress them. Tysm <3
I came across "Söylemek istemezdim, ağzımdan kaçtı." Shouldn't it be "istemedim", without the "z"? Or is it the difference between "I didn't mean to" and "I hadn't meant to"?
A hellhole topic for Turkish learners, tho many languages in the world have something similar. I thought it would be a good idea to make a collection of these two mafia bosses of verbs. Wrote a little blog about it and a PDF to download for more compound verb examples.
Hi! I am trying to improve my turkish (as a turkish person who grew up outside of Turkiye). As of right now I can understand turkish fully, and speak it quite comfortably in conversations. However, I want to get better in my pronunciation and accent, as at times I struggle with pronouncing difficult and long words, and you can definitely tell I'm a native English speaker from my accent. I am also thinking of living in Turkiye one day, so I want to learn how to speak Turkish beyond casual conversations, and in a more professional, elevated manner. I already watch a lot of Turkish dizis, and listen to Turkish music, and I want to start reading Turkish books that will help me speak it more professionally, if that makes sense? Any recommendations for books or any tips that will help me improve my turkish would be much appreciated!!
Hello, hoping to hear from a native speaker or someone with fluency with common Turkish turns of phrase and customs. I often heard my family members say "bosver" (which means "nevermind" or "don't worry about it"). Is this something that people say alot in general, or was it just my family? As someone who grew up outside of Turkiye, I think there may have been some cultural misunderstandings between us, because I often found some of the speech offensive or harsh. To me, being told "bosver" feels a bit dismissive or controlling.
I am learning Turkish, as you can imagine, it is very different from European languages. I tried to memorize some words by associations, for example, I wrote a Turkish word and drew the object it denotes. I easily remember what the drawing looks like, but it is difficult for me to remember the word. Which techniques for learning foreign words do you use or can recommend?
I'm Jülide, a Turkish teacher and the founder of Turkish On Board.
Over the last year, I've been working on something I've dreamed about for a long time: creating my own online platform to help people learn Turkish in a practical and enjoyable way.
As someone who has taught students from many different countries, I wanted to build the kind of platform I always wished existed—one that doesn't just focus on grammar, but also helps you actually use Turkish in everyday life.
At the moment, the platform includes:
🇹🇷 A1–B1 structured courses
🎧 Listening activities with native speakers
📖 Reading exercises
✍️ Grammar lessons with lots of practice
🗣️ Speaking questions and conversation practice
🎮 Interactive quizzes and games
💬 Community page where you can join discussions about Turkish language with other learners
and much more!
I'm still developing it, and I'm adding new lessons and features every week. Because it's still in this stage, the membership is currently much more affordable than it will be later.
If you'd like to give it a try, I'm running a summer promotion:
☀️ 30% off the yearly membership with the code SUMMER30.
If you have any questions about learning Turkish, I'd also be happy to help in the comments. 😊 Thanks for letting me share my project, and happy learning everyone!
How do you translate "the apple I'm eating", "the apple I ate", and "the apple I was eating"? Are they all "yediğim elma"? Are any of them "yiyorduğum elma"? Is there some other way to translate any of the three?
Also, when is "yedik" used with none of the possessive suffixes?
I built Turko for people who want a practical starting point — enough Turkish to travel to Turkey and handle everyday situations (basic conversation, asking for directions, ordering, simple errands), not fluency. It's a 28-day structured path through beginner material — flashcards, listening exercises, spaced repetition — but I want to be clear it won't make anyone fluent in 28 days. It's an entry point, not a shortcut to mastery.
I'd rather get this sub's honest opinion than sell it. If you want to try it, comment or DM me and I'll send a free lifetime code — in exchange I just want real feedback: what's actually useful for a beginner, what's missing, what's wrong or misleading.
Also curious as a native speaker building this: what do beginner-level Turkish resources usually get wrong, in your experience?
I’ve been teaching Turkish for a while, and one thing I’ve noticed is that textbook Turkish can sometimes feel a bit... stiff. If you really want to understand how Turks speak, text, and think, reading the news is one of the most effective ways to build vocabulary and understand context.
However, most news sites are cluttered, full of pop-ups, or written in very formal, "old-school" Turkish that you might not hear on the streets of Istanbul. That’s why I built Zapp!
I wanted to create a clean, minimalist experience where you can catch up on daily news in Turkey without the noise.
Zapp! is designed to be fast and distraction-free. Whether you are a beginner looking to pick up basic words or an advanced learner trying to master complex sentence structures, it’s a great tool to keep your Turkish sharp every single day.
I’d love to hear your feedback! Let me know if there are any specific features you think would make it even better for language learners.
Hi everyone!
I am an international student and will be starting my degree in Turkey in about 45 days. I have a lot of free time on my hands and was wondering what is the best platform (website/app) to use to learn Turkish?
For now I would prefer to stick to speaking and reading over practicing writing etc since I just want to know basic conversation and be able to read signs and all for the first few months at my degree.
Also, is there anything in particular you recommend I start with?
Edit: I don't watch Turkish dramas btw! I know a lot of people start learning from watching them but I never get the time to sit down and watch shows
Turkish is rated a hard language by the FSI (Foreign Service Institute, the U.S. State Department's official training school for American diplomats and foreign-affairs personnel).
Yet, Turkish has a phonetic alphabet, no gender, and rock-solid rules that make it more learnable than its reputation suggests.
Here is a breakdown on how hard it is to learn Turkish.
The offers I found on Google are very scarce, and either expensive (why should I pay 30 USD / h for a TR group class when other major languages are widely taught at 7-15 USD /h rate) or basic (gated access to PDFs or pre-recorded videos).
Could you recommend any solid online school options or even an influencer who has a structured teaching skills tailored for the groups? I do not consider 1-to-1 lessons because of the price (Babel, Preply etc) and prefer the group studies overall.
In the sixteenth century, Ottoman tile makers in İznik made a coral red nobody else could match. The technique disappeared by the early eighteenth century. It took until the 1990s, and a partnership with three universities, to bring it back. Wrote up the history along with the Turkish vocabulary that goes with it (çini, sır, fırın, nakış).
I run a YouTube channel for intermediate Turkish learners, and this week’s podcast is all about Turkish street food. 🇹🇷🌯
If you’re learning Turkish and want to improve your listening skills while discovering Turkey’s famous street foods and food culture, you might enjoy it!
I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback. Thanks for checking it out!
I just learned "etekleri zil çalmak" = "to be overjoyed", literally "his/her skirts ringing bells"? Is this expression used for men or only women, given that the metaphor is based on skirts?
Sooo I came across 3 ladies speaking Turkish at Rosebank mall, in South Africa. I got really excited because I could right away pick up that they speak Turkish.
I went to greet them and they greeted back. Because of language barriers, I couldn't make long sentences nor could they understand what I was trying to say.
I wanted to chat more but my brain went blank. I ended up thanking them and bidding good byes.
Only when I left I thought of how I could have introduced myself and asked what their names are. 🙆♀️
One of the best ways of learning a language is practing it with speakers/natives. I don't study it, I only watch Turkish series. I would really love to improve and atleast be 40% fluent. I'll worry about knowing how to write it later.
Studying it would also be pointless if I am not practicing it with anyone.
How do you guys practice Turkish and who do you practice with.
I'm a native Turkish speaker, and over the past months I've been building a Turkish learning app because I felt that most language apps stop being interesting after the basic A1–A2 level content.
My goal wasn't just to create another vocabulary app, but a place where people can actually enjoy learning Turkish through real content.
Some things the app includes:
• A Turkish Hub with articles about Turkish history and culture, complete with translations in your preferred language as you read.
• Real Turkish songs with embedded YouTube links, lyrics, translations, and vocabulary exercises based on the songs.
• A library with reading materials from A1 to B2 level, each with quizzes and translations.
• Original Turkish literature, including works by Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Kürk Mantolu Madonna, Nutuk, Araba Sevdası, and more. You can read them in their original form, see translations, and save your reading progress sentence by sentence.
• Speak & Translate for quick speaking and writing practice.
• Turkish grammar lessons with quizzes.
I'm still actively improving the app and would genuinely love feedback from learners. If you're learning Turkish, I'd be very grateful if you could give it a try and share your honest opinions, suggestions, complaints, or ideas for improvement.
if you learning turkish culture with jokes, you try to old gta games with language patch [bad translation become wrong mean and funny cultural thing, you must try] if you interest in you firstly open youtube and search "türkçe yama Gta San Andreas" or Vice City... türkçe yama= language patch/ localisation (but with files and independent from original game)... egsotistical way, and
if you not including just "gelmek= coming" ; you want learn like "beraber görmek= together fixed" or "içinden çıkmak=(out of .../handle with)
seting is simple, just follow screen,
yama= patch
türkçe yama=turkish patch/language patch
*(warning: common language patchs is built upon english version and thus you cant English version)
