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Turkish in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

Bir gece için

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FormExampleMeaning
I will come.
You will come, familiar.
He will come.
We will come.
You will come, polite.
They will come.
I will not come.
You will not come, polite.

A hotel request can use . and are room types learned as useful compounds. gives the duration.

asks whether breakfast is included. A room price is a nominal sentence: . At the end, is the useful farewell see you on Sunday.

Review future person endings for travel plans and the separate question particle. For a condition, means if you come on Sunday; its answer can use a future form.

On yıldır; geldim

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FormExampleMeaning
I have lived here for ten years.
I have worked since March.
I worked for three years.
I am an engineer.
I am German.
I can design furniture.
I came for the job.
I can start.

An ongoing period can use a duration plus -dır: , I have lived here for ten years. A starting point uses -dan beri: .

A finished period uses past: , I worked for three years. Do not add a present form when the time is finished.

In an interview combine short identity, skill and experience statements. works for every learner. For nationality use . A specific reason can simply be .

Gelelim; kimse gelemiyor

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FormExampleMeaning
Let us come.
Let us go.
Let us eat.
Let us drink.
Nobody can come.
No neighbour can come.
Everyone is coming.
Sorry, I cannot come.

Invite with . Suggest a joint action with -alım/-elim: . Suggest another time with .

For nobody use with a negative verb: . before a singular noun also takes a negative: . normally has a singular verb: .

Refuse politely with or . State a reason in another short sentence. is lack of ability or availability, is a future negative.

Benimki; anahtarını buldum

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FormExampleMeaning
This is mine.
This is yours, familiar.
This is hers.
This is ours.
This is yours, polite.
This is theirs.
I found my key.
This is Tolga’s pen.

For whose, ask . Answer with a genitive owner: , Tolga’s. If the thing is named, use the possessed noun: .

To replace a possessed noun, attach -ki to the owner form: . These mean mine, yours, his or hers, ours, yours, theirs. The ending -ki is fixed after these forms.

Review definite object endings after possessives: , I found my key; , I found his key, if the owner is explicit. The third-person buffer also appears before locative: , in his pocket.

Kalıyorum, kalacağım

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FormExampleMeaning
I am staying now.
I will stay tomorrow.
I came yesterday.
I am coming now.
I will come tomorrow.
Come in July, Anna, familiar!
I stay because I like it here.
If there is a train, we will go.

For a decision made now, is natural: I am staying. For a future plan say . Give the reason in a short sentence with .

Review the three time patterns: , I came; , I am coming; , I will come. There is no learner gender agreement in any of them.

Invite a close friend with . Say to thank everyone. A simple condition means if there is a train; is the conditional of .

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