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 136 (Int): Prohibition
20/03/2014 Duration: 22minToday, we’re learning the different ways to say “when” in Turkish. When? Today. When? Yep. (intermediate)
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Lesson 135 (Beg): Butterfly Hunting
20/03/2014 Duration: 17minLe, la, li, lu! Today’s suffixes make quite the tune. Join the chorus and come learn how to say “with” with us. (beginner)
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Lesson 134 (Beg): A Selfish Lesson
05/03/2014 Duration: 20minToday, we’re talking all about ourselves. And yourselves. And myself. Join us for some fun with kendi! (beginner)
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Lesson 133 (Beg): Writing A Letter
25/02/2014 Duration: 15minDear Turkish learner – won’t you please join us for some tea and Turkish this evening? Sincerely, Turkish Tea Time. (beginner)
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Lesson 132 (Int): A Hat Anarchy
18/02/2014 Duration: 21minGrab your fanciest hat and come learn about the Turkish hatted A in today’s lesson.
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Lesson 131 (Beg): Life is Hard
12/02/2014 Duration: 22minWe’re going back to basics in today’s lesson. Life is hard, but the accusative suffix is not. (beginner)
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Lesson 130 (Noob): Happy Merry Best Wishes!
27/01/2014 Duration: 18minHappy new day and merry salutations! Today we’re looking at the many ways in which Turks congratulate, well-wish, and console. (noobie)
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Lesson 129 (Int): Hürrem Hatun
23/01/2014 Duration: 23minThere’s a new lady in the Sultan’s harem and it’s causing quite the stir. Join us in the Ottoman palace today as we learn the elusive -esi suffix. (intermediate)
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Lesson 128 (Adv): Zaytung
17/01/2014 Duration: 10minBugün Türkiye’nin en popüler sahte haber sitesi Zaytung’tan taşlamalı bir makale okuyacağız. (advanced)
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Lesson 127 (Beg): The Tourist
13/01/2014 Duration: 26minToday, we’re reviewing all the major suffixes we think you should know as a beginner Turkish learner. (beginner)
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Lesson 126 (Noob): At the Bank
09/01/2014 Duration: 17minWe’re taking today’s lesson all the way to the bank. . . literally. Join us today for some useful phrases for the Turkish bank. (noobie)
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Lesson 125 (Int): I Love Him More
06/01/2014 Duration: 19minUnrequited love is the worst. Luckily, you’ll always have a loving friend in us. Here, buddy, have a lesson on adverbial -dikçe. (intermediate)
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Lesson 124 (Beg): Being a Baby
02/01/2014 Duration: 15minLearning a language is so easy when you’re a baby. For all the non-teething users tuning in today that actually have to work for their language acquisition, join us today for a lesson on adverbial -erek! (beginner)
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Lesson 123 (Beg): Debt Depression
19/12/2013 Duration: 20minBeing in debt is no fun. But you know what is? Consonant mutation! Join us today as we pour radioactive waste all over some Turkish words and watch them mutate. (beginner)
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Lesson 122 (Int): Whipped
04/12/2013 Duration: 19minSometimes, you’ll do anything for that special someone. Join us today for a lesson on love and the causative suffix. (intermediate)
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Lesson 121 (Beg): Vampires
02/12/2013 Duration: 20minToday, a couple of well-meaning vampires help us distinguish some basic verbs that Turkish learners confuse all the time.
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Lesson 120 (Noob): Dates
28/11/2013 Duration: 17minAlright guys, we gotta learn dates. Not the most exciting topic when learning a foreign language – but it’s important, you’ll use it all the time, and we’ll do our best to make you giggle. (noobie)
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Lesson 119 (Beg): Küçük Kitty
26/11/2013 Duration: 22minToday, we’re looking at all the different ways the simple present tense is used in Turkish. If you do well, we’ll let you keep the kitten from today’s lesson. (beginner)
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Lesson 118 (Int): Turkish Bath
22/11/2013 Duration: 22minThere’s no better place to reflect than the Turkish bath – so join us at the hamam today as we go over the Turkish reflexive suffix. (intermediate)
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Lesson 117 (Beg): Dream Big
19/11/2013 Duration: 21minNot many people know this, but I’m an aspiring Turkish pop star. I’ve got it all planned out, beginning with step one: learn how to say “as soon as” today on Turkish Tea Time. (beginner)