LANGUAGE & ETIQUETTE
The Turkish Language uses the Latin alphabet though some letters use special markings to obtain different sounds, for example:
'C' is pronounced 'CH' - as in Cheers
'C' is pronounced 'J' - as in jolly
'S' is pronounced 'SH' - as in shopping
'G' is un-pronounced - as in night
YES EVET ev-et
NO HAYIR high-ear
PLEASE LUTFEN loot-fen
THANK YOU TESEKKUR EDERIM tesh-ekoor ed-erim
HELLO MERHABA mare-hub-a
GOOD MORNING GUNAYDIN goon-aye-din
GOOD EVENING IYI AKSAMLAR ee-yak-shamlar
HOW MUCH NE KADAR nay-kad-are
BREAKFAST KAHVALTI car-vaal-te
WATER SU sue
WINE SARAP sha-rap
BEER BIRA beera
I LOVE YOU SENI SEVIYORUM seny seveeorum
ONE BIR beer
TWO IKI ickee
THREE UC ooch
FOUR DORT dirt
FIVE BES besh
SIX ALTI al-ta
SEVEN YEDI yedee
EIGHT SEKIZ sek-is
NINE DOKUZ dokooz
TEN ON on