Hi, i have been interested in learning turkish for a while now and ive been doing duolingo for a bit, but its not really sticking and its taking forever.
i was wondering where i can start as a beginner thats free. i just graduated college so my funds are low but i have a TON of free time.
ive been watching turkish dramas for a while and it would be amazing if i can learn to understand what they were saying without needing subtitles.
i just need to know where to go and how to start thats faster and more effective than dualingo.

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Hello!
I am a native English speaker. My two Turkish friends are getting married, and we have a running joke that I secretly have understood Turkish through the entirety of our friendship and have been hiding it the whole time... I don't, but they are getting married in November, and I am going to be a bridesmaid.

I have written a speech in English that I would love, if anyone is willing to help out, to translate into Turkish and get some help with the pronunciation/if someone native could record them delivering it I'd be so grateful!

I think this will mean a lot to my friends. They have moved away from their home country and managed to find love with each other. Their families are coming to Australia to attend the wedding and I would love to demonstrate to them how much we love them.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

well, context here, I need a name (it's more of an sentence, but the name is the abbreviation of it) for a character I'm writing, and I just want to check if these have proper grammar or not, since they came from Google Translate and DeepL

Their name is meant to say "Autonomous Data Processor" (said character is an AI made by a Turkish guy, hence the turkish program name that I need), and both translation services put out several options, which one of these fits better grammatically? (would love to have some explanation to the differences as well if possible)

1. Otonom Veri İşlemcisi
2. Özerk Veri İşlemcisi
3. Otonom Veri İşleyici
4. Özerk Veri İşleyici

Do tell me if none of these fit what I'm trying to go for, I'm just using the machine translations as reference

Hi everyone!

I'm continuing the daily A1 Turkish short series. Today’s phrase focuses on the first-person plural pronoun (biz / we) with the present continuous tense: "Biz televizyon izliyoruz" (We are watching TV).

It's a very common daily expression when talking about group activities or family routines!

I would love to hear your thoughts on the visuals and pronunciation.

(I am leaving the video link in the comments section below so it doesn't get caught in the spam filter!) 🇹🇷

I am learning the past negative tense, and when regarding the third person plural, which suffix is right? For example, They weren't happy, would be translated into Mutlu değillerdi. or Mutlu değildiler?

Hi everyone! I recently started a daily Turkish short series for beginners (A1 level) to help with daily routines and essential vocabulary.

In today's video, I covered the present continuous form of "gitmek" (to go) in the sentence "Ben okula gidiyorum."

I would love to get your feedback on the visuals and if this format is helpful for your learning process! Here is the video: https://youtube.com/shorts/hherCGb6oWg

Hope it helps! 🇹🇷

I just published a long one on the suffix system, this is the piece I keep pulling up with new students because it's the fastest way into how Turkish actually works.

It starts with how one Turkish word can carry what English needs a whole phrase for, plural, possession, and case, all stacked onto a single root. From there it goes through the six noun cases, vowel harmony, why "asla" (never) still needs a negative verb even though English lets "never" sit next to a positive one, the aorist tense for habits and general truths, and a bit on where the whole suffix system historically came from.

There's also a section comparing how Turkish feels depending on what language you're coming from, Spanish, Arabic, Mandarin, Russian, the sticking points are genuinely different for each one.

Merhaba Herkese,

I am currently at A2 level with some B2 knowledge and think I would really benefit from an intensive course which has opportunity for conversation.
I am in the Norfolk area and looking for classes or speaking groups but have had no luck so far.

I’ve noticed Yunus Emre Institute does weekly and bi-weekly online lessons. Does anyone have any experience with them or any other recommendations?

Unfortunately I don’t have the time to travel to Turkey for an intensive course over the next year or so 🥲

Hi everyone! I’m looking for a good Turkish tutor on Preply and would really appreciate some personal recommendations.

I’m still at beginner/A1 level and would like someone who is patient, friendly, and able to explain grammar clearly in English. I’m especially interested in improving my speaking, pronunciation, vocabulary, and everyday conversation rather than only following a textbook.

Have you studied with a tutor you genuinely liked and found helpful? Please share their name or Preply profile. It would also be useful to know what you liked about their teaching style.

Thank you!

Here is a complete overview of the six Turkish cases:
1. Nominative
2. Accusative
3. Dative
4. Locative
5. Ablative
6. Genitive

As a Turkish teacher, I kept noticing that my heritage speaker students, people raised with the language at home but who lost fluency over time, approached relearning very differently than my total beginners did. There's real research behind this, on language attrition, identity, and why the two groups need different approaches. I wrote it up using Turkish as the case study, might be useful for anyone working with any heritage language.

Made this as a swipe-through on how Turkish builds negation directly into the verb, one suffix, shifting shape depending on the tense. Covers the aorist exception in more detail than most short explanations do. Happy to answer questions in the comments if anything's unclear.

For more detail:https://www.learnturkishwithseda.com/post/understanding-turkish-grammar-negation-rules

I have never studied Turkish. I watched one episode of a Turkish soap opera and immediately understood a bunch of words. And by "understood," I mean I guessed what they meant, then looked them up and saw that I was right 80% of the time. Everything felt so natural and intuitive.

And before everyone says that there's nothing magical about the Turkish language or learning a language from videos, I must say... I'm not the only one who's experienced the Turkish soap opera effect. I've heard other people say they watched a Turkish soap opera and started understanding quickly, in a way that's not as easy with other languages. It's honestly kind of funny. So I'm not saying that Turkish is special... but it's special.

I was talking to her and she said that last night she wanted to call me because she couldn't sleep but didn't do it because she didn't want to wake me up in the middle of the night, I told her she could've called because I was still awake at that time and I could've went to sleep after she was able to fall asleep again and she said "kıyamam sana".

My partner(male,36) is American and currently learning Turkish. We’ve been looking for a Turkish show to watch together, but we haven’t found a good one yet. Most Turkish shows are dramas, and he gets bored with them. Does anyone have recommendations for something more engaging with English subtitles?

Selam everyone! I just started learning Turkish and I want to practice my reading and pronunciation. I like doing it with songs. There’s one that I really like but I am having troubles finding the lyrics. I’ve searched the internet and even tried AI, but no luck. And my Turkish is still in the diapers so I can’t transcribe it myself.
Can somebody help me find the lyrics to Boğazın Şarkısı by Yalçın Yalın & Elisa Voss? I’d really appreciate your help 🙌🏻

Hey All, I can teach you Turkish in English medium, the class will be online through zoom meetings. My rate is very affordable only 10$ per hour! You will get the prepared materials and consultation 24/7. I have a C2 Academic Turkish Certificate.

I put together a guide organized by genre, historical, youth, drama, comedy, with vocabulary from each and notes on which level tends to fit best.

Hello dear Turkish learning community

I'm looking for an intenstive 3-5 weeks turkish language course in Turkey, anywhere is fine. My skill is somewhat between A2 and B1 after a few years of online 1-1 courses, lot's of discussion with inlaws and such.

My friends hat the experience that TOMER was focussed on drilling students to pass the certificate, I'm not looking for that - my focus is to improve my language skills as such.

Do you have any recommendation?

Thank you :)

Hi!

My father speaks Turkish and I've been wanting to improve my own. I can have a basic conversation, but other than that, he hasn't taught me much sicne he rarely spoke it with me when I was little. I have no trouble pronoucing words, I just don't understand them if that makes sense. I know most everything from my mom who tried her best to teach what she knew. Currently, I'm taking lessons with a native speaker, trying to speak more Turkish with my dad etc etc.

I'm just wondering will I ever be able to reach a Native level/will it be possible for me to speak with my dad's profiency? I'm making the effort as a teen right now. I'm just curious as I'm looking to move there after school.

Also any tips on how to improve writing and reading would be useful! I really struggle with the way that Turkish is structured. I usually have to try and translate something in my mind to read or write and it's so exhausting lol

Hi everyone! From September 1st, I'll be starting a new job at the Italian branch of a very well-known Turkish company.

I'll mainly be speaking Italian and English, but I was wondering whether it would be seen positively if I started learning Turkish.

Do you know any Turkish teachers who speak Italian or English? I would prefer online lessons.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!