A colleague announces a new job; a family has just moved. Hayırlı olsun welcomes that new beginning and wishes that it will bring good things. Here you will personalise the wish and respond without simply echoing it.
The idea
Use hayırlı olsun on hearing about a new home, job or venture: roughly, “may it turn out well”. You can name the new thing first: yeni evin for someone you call sen, yeni eviniz for someone you call siz or for several people. The wish is about the home or job, so olsun stays the same. If the context is clear, the phrase stands alone. It looks ahead to the good the new start may bring; tebrikler can instead focus on congratulating an achievement. Reply with teşekkür ederim, familiar sağ ol or polite/plural sağ olun.
Examples
- Yeni işin sana hayırlı olsun.May your new job bring you good things.
- Yeni eviniz size hayırlı olsun.May your new home bring you good things.
- Güzel dilekleriniz için çok teşekkür ederim.Thank you very much for your kind wishes.
- Yeni dükkânınız hayırlı olsun, bol kazançlar dilerim.Best wishes for your new shop; I wish you plenty of business.
- Hayırlı olsun, yeni işine ne zaman başlıyorsun?All the best with it! When do you start your new job?
- Çok sağ ol, umarım burada mutlu oluruz.Thanks a lot; I hope we will be happy here.
- Teşekkür ederim, pazartesi başlıyorum.Thank you; I start on Monday.
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Watch out
Do not change olsun to olun just because you are being polite: yeni işiniz hayırlı olsun wishes well for the job. In sağ olun, however, you address the person directly, so the polite/plural form belongs there.
Try it yourself
A friend has a new home. Complete with the two-word wish taught here.
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hayırlı olsun
hayırlı olsun: the friend already has a new home, so you wish for good things in this new stage. Geçmiş olsun would respond to illness or trouble instead.
Address someone politely. Complete the wish with the appropriate form of olmak.
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olsun
olsun: the grammatical subject is yeni işiniz, the new job. The respectful ending in işiniz identifies whose job it is; it does not make the job a person addressed as “you”.
Wish a family well in their new home. Write the whole word meaning “your home”, using siz.
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eviniz
eviniz: one home belongs to the family you address as siz. The word marks the owners; there is no need to turn ev into plural houses.
Give a polite two-word thank-you using sağ and the form for siz.
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sağ olun
sağ olun: you thank the person who offered the good wish, using the polite/plural address. Keep the two words separate; sağolun is not the standard spelling.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
A friend has a new home. Complete with the two-word wish taught here.
Address someone politely. Complete the wish with the appropriate form of olmak.
Wish a family well in their new home. Write the whole word meaning “your home”, using siz.
Give a polite two-word thank-you using sağ and the form for siz.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Write a two-line exchange for a friend with a new job, then one for a family in a new home. Include a wish and a thank-you; add a question about the start date or a hope about life in the home.