Synopsis
Join us at Turkish Tea Time (turkishteatime.com) as we chat about the Turkish language, its grammar, and how it's spoken in every day life. We're Turkish learners, Turkish teachers, and Turkish people ourselves - so we understand what it takes to get a grip on this amazing language. Published daily, each lesson revolves around a dialog that focuses on a single language point. There's something here for every Turkish learner: the difficulty level of each day's lesson rotates between four levels, from absolute beginner to extremely advanced. To follow along each day with annotated dialogs, vocabulary, audio, and quizzes, join us over at turkishteatime.com.
Episodes
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Lesson 36: This Party is too Crowded
22/04/2013 Duration: 12minJoin us for today’s plural party at Turkish Tea Time. We’ll be serving rakı, börek, and a huge party plate of -ler’s and -lar’s. (noobie)
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Lesson 35: Facebook’tan S?k?ld?k
21/04/2013 Duration: 08minTeknoloji o kadar hızlı ilerliyor ki gelişmeleri takip etmek artık neredeyse imkansız. Bugünkü dersimiz NTV’nin haberlerinden biri ve şimdiki nesilin halihazırda günümüzün sosyal medyasından nasıl sıkıldığını anlatıyor. (advanced)
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Lesson 34: Come to the Party
20/04/2013 Duration: 15minWhether or not you are trying to convince your friend to come out with you, or you’re the party pooper trying to get your friends off your case, you’ll need the present conditional to do some convincing. (intermediate)
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Lesson 33: Scheduling an Appointment
19/04/2013 Duration: 14minUh oh. You should have known riding your bike down those stairs was a bad idea. Now you’re in a foreign country and have a broken tooth. Don’t worry – we’re here to help you schedule that much-needed appointment with … Continue reading →
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Lesson 32: I Don’t Understand
18/04/2013 Duration: 13minWhat? Come again? Sorry? One more time? Today, we learn how to gracefully communicate that we have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about. (noobie)
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Lesson 31: The Good Old Days
17/04/2013 Duration: 14minRemember the days when bubble gum was a penny and you had to call someone to make plans? Yeah, neither do we, but just in case you need to annoy your grand children some day, join us today to learn … Continue reading →
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Lesson 30: I Can Do Anything!
16/04/2013 Duration: 16minPart of the fun of getting older is being able to do all the fun stuff in life: dating, driving, watching scary movies by yourself. Learn how to use -ebil today to brag about what a big boy or girl … Continue reading →
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Lesson 29: Making a Cake
15/04/2013 Duration: 14minMmmmm. . . wherever you are in the world, making a cake can’t be a bad idea – unless you can’t understand the recipe, of course. Don’t worry – join us for a noobie lesson on numbers and you’ll be … Continue reading →
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Lesson 28: Masumiyet Müzesi
14/04/2013 Duration: 09minOrhan Pamuk Türkiye’nin en ünlü yazarlarından bir tanesi. Masumiyet Müzesi romanında, zengin iş adamı Kemal’in genç Füsun’a duyduğu takıntılı aşkın hikayesini anlatıyor. (advanced)
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Lesson 27: I Was Going To!
13/04/2013 Duration: 16minStrap into your time machine, because today we’re going back to the future! Alright, the future past tense might not be as fun as time travel, but hopefully today’s lesson will convince you that Turkish grammar can be fun, too! … Continue reading →
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Lesson 26: Taking the Dolmu?
12/04/2013 Duration: 11minThere’s no more Turkish way to travel than the crowded (and cheap) yellow van known as the dolmuş. Jam yourself in and join today’s lesson to learn how to get where you need to go in style. (beginner)
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Lesson 25: Ordering Food
11/04/2013 Duration: 14minOne of the best parts of Turkey is its food. Döner, kebap, and baklava are just some of the tasty treats you’ll find expanding your waist line while you’re here. In today’s lesson, we’ll teach you how to get your … Continue reading →
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Lesson 24: Can you Believe Her!?
10/04/2013 Duration: 14minOh my god, can you believe she did that? Like, how could she? With gossip, who knows what’s true and what’s not? Better use the miş indefinite past suffix just to be safe. (intermediate)
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Lesson 23: Cat or Dog Person?
09/04/2013 Duration: 11minAre you a cat or dog person? No question is more important to prying into the depths of the soul. Today, we’re teaching possessives so you can dive head first into this age-old debate. (beginner)
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Lesson 22: Asking for the Time
08/04/2013 Duration: 11minWhat time is it? Turkish Tea Time, of course. Just in case you need to ask for the time later, we’ve got you covered in today’s lesson. (noobie)
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Lesson 21: Küçük Kad?n
07/04/2013 Duration: 09minTürkçe şarkı sözlerini anlamakta zorlanabilirsiniz. İngilizce gibi oldukça şiirsel ve metaforlarla dolular. Bugün Jehan Barbur’un şarkısı Küçük Kadın şarkısına bakacağız. (advanced)
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Lesson 20: Rejection
06/04/2013 Duration: 15minOuch – it’s never fun to be rejected. Hopefully with today’s lesson on the suffix -meli, you’ll be able to use your Turkish to express everything you should have done to avoid bitter rejection. If only. . . (intermediate)
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Lesson 19: Where Should We Go Out?
05/04/2013 Duration: 12minNeed to tell someone about that hot new restaurant in that hip new neighborhood you discovered last weekend? Well, you cool cat you, you’re going to need some locative adjectives to express your bad self. (beginner)
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Lesson 18: Weird Turkish Letters
04/04/2013 Duration: 16minTurkish has some letters that English doesn’t. Don’t let that scare you – in fact, it has an extremely simple phonetic system that you can learn to read in an afternoon. (noobie)
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Lesson 17: Planning a Wedding
03/04/2013 Duration: 17minTurkish has many different ways to express need. We’ve shoved an unhealthy amount of them in today’s dialog about a bride-to-be that really needs to relax. (intermediate)