Learn fundamental Turkish language skills through this comprehensive 35-hour course designed for newcomers. Master basic vocabulary, essential grammar structures, and proper pronunciation while progressing from complete beginner (A1) to beginner (A2) level. Start with simple greetings like "Merhaba" and "İyi günler," then advance through personal introductions, nationality discussions, and family conversations. Develop proficiency in Turkish vowel harmony, consonant rules, and the unique letters "ş," "ç," "ı," and "ğ." Practice forming questions using particles "mı" and "mü," conjugating verbs in present tense with the "İyor" form, and using possessive endings and personal pronouns. Explore practical topics including shopping, ordering food and drinks, telling time, discussing hobbies, and describing weather conditions. Build vocabulary around professions, countries, languages, colors, clothing, and household items. Progress to more complex grammar including past tense with "Dİ," future tense with "(y)EcEk," imperative forms, and case endings (locative, dative, ablative, genitive, accusative). Learn to express necessity with "lazım," make comparisons, form compound nouns, and use postpositions effectively. Master numbers from 1 to 1000, ordinal numbers, days of the week, months, and seasons. Engage with Turkish culture through lessons on holidays, weddings, traditional games, and regional geography while developing conversational skills for everyday situations including health discussions, describing people, and expressing opinions.
Overview
Syllabus
- Newcomer (A1): An easy introduction to Turkish: basic vocab, grammar, and pronunciation.
- Merhaba!
- Merhaba!: how to say "hello", "yes" and "please" in Turkish how to pronounce the letters "ş" and "ç"
- Merhaba! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lesson
- İyi günler!
- İyi günler! Part 1: formal greetings in Turkish like "good afternoon" and "goodbye" how to pronounce the letters "ı" and "i"
- İyi günler! Part 2: easy ways to introduce yourself and say your name saying "thank you"
- İyi günler! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons introducing yourself and saying thank you
- Nasılsın?
- The pronunciation of "i" and "ı": the pronunciation and difference between the vowels "i" and "ı"
- Nasılsın? Part 1: how to say "Good evening", "How are you?" and "I am fine" in Turkish
- Nasılsın? Part 2: how to say how you are how to ask others how they are
- The pronunciation of "s" and "ş": the pronunciation and difference between the letters "s" and "ş"
- Nasılsın? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons to say how you are and ask others how they are
- Türk mü?
- Türk mü? Part 1: how to say "Good morning!", "no", "Is he/she Turkish?" and "I am German" in Turkish
- Türk mü? Part 2: how to state your nationality the major vowel harmony with "ü"/"ö" and "a"/"ı"
- Türk mü? Part 3: how to ask someone their nationality how to form yes/no questions with the question particles "mı" and "mü"
- Türk mü? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons how to form questions with "mı" und "mü" the major vowel harmony with "ü"/"ö" and "a"/"ı"
- Ben öğretmenim.
- The pronunciation of "s" and "z": how to pronounce the letters "s" and "z"
- Ben öğretmenim. Part 1: the personal pronouns ("ben", "sen", "o", …)
- Ben öğretmenim. Part 2: how to say "teacher", "doctor" and "student" in Turkish
- Ben öğretmenim. Part 3: how to state your nationality and your profession and ask others their nationality and their profession the major vowel harmony with "u/o" and "e/i"
- Ben öğretmenim. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the personal pronouns the rules of the major vowel harmony
- Güle güle!
- The pronunciation of "y" and "ğ": how to pronounce the letters "y" und "ğ"
- Güle güle! Part 1: how to talk about your partner and friends and how to give your regards
- Güle güle! Part 2: the personal endings using the example of "mutlu"
- Güle güle! Part 3: how to form the personal endings for other adjectives according to the rule of vowel harmony
- The pronunciation of "c" and "ç": how to pronounce the letters "c" and "ç"
- Güle güle! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the personal endings
- Ailen nasıl?
- Ailen nasıl? Part 1: how to say "mother", "father", "brother" and "sister" in Turkish
- Ailen nasıl? Part 2: to talk about your family to express possession for "my" and "your" using the possessive endings
- Ailen nasıl? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons expressing possession for "my" and "your"
- Efendim?
- Possessive adjectives: the Turkish possessive adjectives in the singular and plural
- Efendim? Part 1: to ask if you haven't understood something to ask others for their names and review the possessive endings for "my" and "your" with the rules of the major vowel harmony
- Efendim? Part 2: to talk about your relatives and ask others about theirs the possessive endings for "his/her", "our" and "your"
- Efendim? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the possessive pronouns and endings
- Param yok.
- Param yok. Part 1: to tell someone that you're at home to ask about the presence or absence of things and reply to these questions using "var" and "yok"
- Param yok. Part 2: to talk about things you have or do not have to ask if someone has time to meet
- Param yok. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the use of "var" and "yok"
- Bir çay lütfen!
- Numbers from 1 to 6: the numbers from 1 to 6
- Bir çay lütfen! Part 1: to name and order something to drink how to use numbers with nouns
- Bir çay lütfen! Part 2: the infinitive of verbs the forms of the verb "içmek" (to drink) in the present
- Bir çay lütfen! Part 3: to ask what someone is doing to chat with friends in a café some Turkish verbs in the "İyor" present
- Bir çay lütfen! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the numbers from 1 to 6 the verb forms in the "İyor" present
- Ne yiyoruz?
- Vowel deletion of verbs in the "İyor" present: the forms of "istemek" (to want, would like) in the "İyor" present the vowel deletion of verbs ending in a vowel
- Ne yiyoruz? Part 1: further useful words for everyday life the forms of "çalışmak" (to work) in the "İyor" present
- Ne yiyoruz? Part 2: the irregular verb "gitmek" (to go) in the "İyor" present
- Ne yiyoruz? Part 3: how to ask questions in the "İyor" present
- Ne yiyoruz? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the conjugation in the "İyor" present the "İyor" present with question particles
- Nerede oturuyorsun?
- Interrogatives: how to use 'wh'-question words in Turkish
- Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 1: how to ask where someone lives and to say where you live to indicate a location with the locative case the forms of the verb "oturmak" (to live, to sit)
- Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 2: to state your address to tell whether something is right or wrong more on the locative case
- Nerede oturuyorsun? Part 3: voiced consonants and unvoiced consonants the rules of consonant hardening
- Nerede oturuyorsun? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons to say where you live to indicate a location with the locative
- Ne iş yapıyorsunuz?
- Professions: to indicate your profession the ending "-lİk" with professions
- Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 1: to talk about your job and studies and review the personal endings with job descriptions
- Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 2: more vocabulary on professions to say that something is easy or difficult the negation of nouns and adjectives with "değil"
- Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Part 3: how to use the number word "bir" (a/one) with adjectives
- Ne iş yapıyorsunuz? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the negation of nouns and adjectives
- Alışveriş.
- The consonant softening: the consonant softening with the examples of "küçük" (small) and "büyük" (big)
- Alışveriş. Part 1: useful vocabulary around shopping the verbs "alışveriş yapmak" (shopping) and "almak" (to buy, to take)
- Alışveriş. Part 2: more vocabulary on shopping the negation with "değil" plus personal endings
- Alışveriş. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the personal endings with the negation word "değil"
- Kaç tane?
- Numbers from 7 to 10: the numbers from 7 to 10 nouns after numbers higher than one
- Kaç tane? Part 1: to ask about things and persons the demonstrative pronouns "bu" and "bunlar"
- Kaç tane? Part 2: some foods the numbers from 11 to 19
- Kaç tane? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the demonstrative pronouns "bu" and "bunlar" the numbers from 1 to 19
- Doğum günün kutlu olsun!
- Word order: the order of endings with nouns the SOV sentence structure and you will review the personal endings with and without the question particle
- Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 1: vocabulary about birthday the order of plural and possessive endings
- Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 2: the numbers from 20 to 99
- Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Part 3: how to talk about age how to welcome guests
- Doğum günün kutlu olsun! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the numbers from 20 to 99 the order of endings
- Saat kaç?
- Saat kaç? Part 1: how to ask for the time how to say "at ... o'clock", and half past
- Saat kaç? Part 2: vocabulary about concerts the conjunction "dE" (too, and) the difference between the locative ending and the conjunction "dE"
- Saat kaç? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons talking about and asking for the time the conjunction "dE"
- Nerelisin?
- Countries: some country names
- Nerelisin? Part 1: countries and nationalities the ending -"lİ"
- Nerelisin? Part 2: how to ask where someone is from and how to reply to this question
- Nerelisin? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the ending -"lİ" with nationalities and place names
- Kaç dil biliyorsun?
- Languages: language names with the ending -"CE" the verbs "öğrenmek" (to learn) and "konuşmak" (to speak) in the "İyor" present
- Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 1: to talk about languages you know and review the question particle
- Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 2: the question particle "mİ" with verbs in "İyor" present
- Kaç dil biliyorsun? Part 3: to say what your native and foreign languages are the negative form of "bilmek" (to know) in the -"İyor" present
- Kaç dil biliyorsun? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the names of other languages how to ask questions the negation of verbs
- Tatile gidiyorum.
- Tatile gidiyorum. Part 1: vocabulary on the topic of vacation and review the possessive ending
- Tatile gidiyorum. Part 2: more vocabulary on the topic of vacation how to talk about location with the dative ending
- Tatile gidiyorum. Part 3: question and personal pronouns in the dative
- Tatile gidiyorum. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the dative case
- Pazardan geliyoruz.
- Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 1: vocabulary on the topic of buying groceries the placement of the question particle in yes-no questions
- Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 2: more words on the topic of groceries how to talk about location with the ablative case
- Pazardan geliyoruz. Part 3: more ways of using the ablative
- Pazardan geliyoruz. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the placement of the question particle the ablative case
- Çok yaşa!
- The imperative in the singular: the imperative in the singular and its negation
- Çok yaşa! Part 1: vocabulary on the topic of health
- Çok yaşa! Part 2: more words on the topic of health the plural and formal imperative
- Çok yaşa! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the imperative form and its negation
- Hobilerin neler?
- Conjunctions: some conjunctions, such as "and", "but", and "because"
- Hobilerin neler? Part 1: vocabulary related to hobbies to talk about free time
- Hobilerin neler? Part 2: the negation of verbs in the "İyor"-present
- Hobilerin neler? Part 3: more vocabulary on the theme of free time and hobbies to make negative yes-no questions in the "İyor"-present
- Hobilerin neler? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the imperative form and its negation
- N'aber?
- N'aber? Part 1: how to greet friends in informal situations and ask how they are doing contractions in spoken language
- N'aber? Part 2: how to make suggestions with "Let's..." and "Shall we" the ending for suggestions in the 1st person plural
- N'aber? Part 3: the negated suggestion form
- N'aber? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the suggestion form
- Merhaba!
- Beginner (A2): Discover more words and expressions for many different life situations.
- Hafta sonu!
- Hafta sonu! Part 1: the times of day more exact times of day with "bu"
- Hafta sonu! Part 2: the days of the week how to say the days of the week with "on"
- Hafta sonu! Part 3: more words for parts of the week how to talk about your week how to combine words to make compound nouns
- Hafta sonu! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons compound nouns
- Ne yapmak istiyorsun?
- Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 1: how to use the modal verb "istemek" (want) to say what you do or don't want to do
- Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 2: the postpositions "ile" (with), "için" (for), "önce" (before), "sonra" (after)
- Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Part 3: the postposition "için" with verbs to mean "in order to"
- Ne yapmak istiyorsun? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the modal verb "istemek" the postpositions
- Bunlar senin için!
- The genitive case: how to form the genitive case personal and demonstrative pronouns in the genitive
- Bunlar senin için! Part 1: how to make comparisons with "like" and "as…as" the postpositions "ile", "için", "gibi" and "kadar" with personal and demonstrative pronouns in the genitive case
- Bunlar senin için! Part 2: how to talk about colors and clothes the use of "light" and "dark" with colors how to express possession with the genitive
- Bunlar senin için! Part 3: more colors how to use syllable reduplication to intensify colors
- Bunlar senin için! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the postpositions the genitive ending
- Kesin gelirim!
- The "r" present: verbs in the "r" present
- Kesin gelirim! Part 1: how to ask polite questions and talk about intentions and plans using the "r" present the differences between the two present tenses
- Kesin gelirim! Part 2: the adverbs "belki" (maybe) and "inşallah" (hopefully) the negation of verbs in the "r" present
- Kesin gelirim! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the "r" present
- Günün nasıl geçti?
- The "Dİ" past tense: verbs in the "Dİ" past tense
- Günün nasıl geçti? Part 1: how to talk about your day how to make questions and statements in the "Dİ" past
- Günün nasıl geçti? Part 2: how to talk about experiences in the past tense negated verbs and "var"/"yok" in the past tense
- Günün nasıl geçti? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the "Dİ" past tense
- Yağmur yağıyor.
- Yağmur yağıyor. Part 1: adjectives to describe the weather how to form adjectives from nouns
- Yağmur yağıyor. Part 2: how to talk about the weather the personal ending for "to be" in the past tense
- Yağmur yağıyor. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons forming adjectives with "-lİ" "to be" sentences in the past tense
- Okey oynayalım mı?
- Okey oynayalım mı? Part 1: vocabulary related to Turkish games which games are the most popular in game cafés
- Okey oynayalım mı? Part 2: more about game cafés how to use correlative conjunctions
- Okey oynayalım mı? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the correlative conjunctions and their use
- Şeker lazım mı?
- Numbers from 100 to 1000: the numbers from 100 to 1000
- Şeker lazım mı? Part 1: common measurements used in Turkish recipes
- Şeker lazım mı? Part 2: some vocabulary for baking the use of the word "lazım" to mean "to need"
- Şeker lazım mı? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons words for measurements how to use the word "lazım"
- Ailemi çok özledim!
- The accusative case: the personal pronouns in the accusative case how to form the accusative
- Ailemi çok özledim! Part 1: the difference between the definite and indefinite accusative some verbs that take the accusative case
- Ailemi çok özledim! Part 2: to give the time with "to" and "past" to give the time in quarters of an hour
- Ailemi çok özledim! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the definite and indefinite accusative giving the time with "to" and "past"
- Komşularımız.
- The cases: all of the cases and their endings
- Komşularımız. Part 1: vocabulary related to neighbors and living spaces the correct order of case endings for nouns (review)
- Komşularımız. Part 2: more vocabulary related to living spaces the "pronominal n" before case endings
- Komşularımız. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the order of endings added to nouns
- İyi Bayramlar!
- The months: the names of the months
- İyi Bayramlar! Part 1: how to ask when something is happening how to congratulate someone and express good wishes
- İyi Bayramlar! Part 2: vocabulary related to Turkish holidays to ask for the date to give the date
- İyi Bayramlar! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons how to give the date
- Gelinle damat.
- The future tense: the future tense using the ending -"(y)EcEk"
- Gelinle damat. Part 1: vocabulary related to weddings the use of "ile" to mean "and"
- Gelinle damat. Part 2: more vocabulary related to wedding plans the use and pronunciation of the future tense
- Gelinle damat. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the future how to use "ile" to mean "and"
- Evvelki gün buluştuk.
- Evvelki gün buluştuk. Part 1: some temporal adverbs
- Evvelki gün buluştuk. Part 2: some new verbs some words to refer to future or past events the plural ending with names or people
- Evvelki gün buluştuk. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the use of temporal adverbs the present, past, and future verb tenses
- Coğrafi bölgeler.
- Coğrafi bölgeler. Part 1: vocabulary related to Turkish geography
- Coğrafi bölgeler. Part 2: the comparative form of adjectives using "daha"
- Coğrafi bölgeler. Part 3: some new adjectives the superlative form of adjectives using "en"
- Coğrafi bölgeler. Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
- Hayat güzel!
- Hayat güzel! Part 1: general vocabulary for everyday life how to form nouns with the ending -"lİk"
- Hayat güzel! Part 2: how to talk about life in general how to give your opinion using the ending -"CE"
- Hayat güzel! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the ending -"CE" to express an opinion
- Mevsimler!
- Ordinal numbers: how to form ordinal numbers
- Mevsimler! Part 1: the seasons how to say "in summer" and "in winter"
- Mevsimler! Part 2: more vocabulary related to weather and the seasons some adverbs of time and how to use them
- Mevsimler! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the seasons and adverbs of time
- Ev işleri…
- Ev işleri… Part 1: how to use verbs as nouns verbal nous as postpositions
- Ev işleri… Part 2: how to talk about household chores how to say what you like and don't like verbal nouns with the locative and ablative endings
- Ev işleri… Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons verbs used as nouns and their use with case endings how to talk about what you like or don't like
- Falan filan…
- Falan filan… Part 1: more words for food the phrase "falan filan" rhyming reduplication with "m"
- Falan filan… Part 2: more vocabulary related to eating how to say that you are hungry or thirsty
- Falan filan… Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons "falan" and "filan" rhyming reduplication with "m"
- Sağlıklı yaşam!
- The short infinitive: how to form the short infinitive the difference between the short and full infinitive which endings the short infinitive can take the verb "koşmak" (to run)
- Sağlıklı yaşam! Part 1: vocabulary related to health the short infinitive in the dative and accusative cases
- Sağlıklı yaşam! Part 2: how to talk about a healthy lifestyle the short infinitive in the genitive and ablative
- Sağlıklı yaşam! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the short infinitive with case endings
- Ciddi misin?
- Expressing necessity with "lazım": how to express "to have to do something" with the word "lazım"
- Ciddi misin? Part 1: phrases such as "you should…" and "you shouldn't…" how to use "lazım" to express the impersonal form "one has to/one shouldn't…"
- Ciddi misin? Part 2: some common exclamations used in everyday speech how to express "to have/need to" with the short infinitive and "lazım"
- Ciddi misin? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the impersonal forms of "one has to…" and "one shouldn't…" "to have/need to" with personal endings
- Esmer mi sarışın mı?
- Colors: Here you'll review the colors.
- Esmer mi sarışın mı? Part 1: vocabulary for describing people
- Esmer mi sarışın mı? Part 2: more vocabulary for describing people how to form adjectives with the endings -"lİ" and -"sİz"
- Esmer mi sarışın mı? Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the use of certain adjectives to describe people how to use the endings -"lİ" and -"sİz" to form adjectives
- Dedikodu!
- Indefinite pronouns: some indefinite pronouns and their uses
- Dedikodu! Part 1: vocabulary related to the senses and the face vowel omission in some two syllable loan words
- Dedikodu! Part 2: vocabulary related to gossiping the inferential past ending -"mİş"
- Dedikodu! Review: the vocabulary from the previous lessons the "mİş" past tense
- Hafta sonu!
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