turkish lesson 1

hayat

life

hayat böyle

that’s life / life is like this

korkmak

to be afraid

korkuyor

is afraid

korkuyorum

I am afraid

herkes

everyone

İşte herkes korkuyor

see, everyone is afraid

düşmek

to fall

düştüm

I fell

harcamak

to spend

boşa harcamak

to waste

boşa

wasted / for nothing

boşa gitti

went to waste

param boşa gitti

my money was wasted

cimri

stingy

cimrilik

stinginess

tutumlu

frugal / careful with money

hırsız

thief

hırsızlık

theft

kuyruk

tail / queue / line

kuyruğa girmek

to get in line

bütün

whole / all

kadar

as much as / until / as…as

o kadar

so much / that much

o zaman

then / in that case

işte

see / this is it / that’s why

peki

okay / well then

tabii

of course

tabii ki

of course (strong emphasis)

ki

emphasis / linking word

böyle

like this / this way

falan

and stuff / or something

falan filan

and stuff like that

demek

to mean / so

ne demek

what does it mean

şok

shock

şok olmak

to be shocked

şok yaşıyorsun

you are experiencing shock

otostop

hitchhiking

otostopla dünyayı gezmek istiyorum

I want to travel the world by hitchhiking

maaş

salary

maaşımı yanlış kişiye yatırdı

they paid my salary to the wrong person

göndermek

to send

gönderip durmak

to keep sending / to keep doing

durdular

they kept doing (repeatedly)

yanlış kişiye

to the wrong person

fantezi

fantasy