You will welcome a friend, an elder or a group, name the place you welcome them to, and answer when someone welcomes you.
The idea
Say hoş geldin to one friend and hoş geldiniz to an elder, a stranger or several people. To name the place, put it in the dative: Türkiye'ye hoş geldiniz, evimize hoş geldin. The person who arrives answers hoş bulduk, whoever welcomed them.
| To one friend | Polite or to several people | Reply of the one who arrives |
|---|---|---|
| hoş geldin | hoş geldiniz | hoş bulduk |
| Türkiye'ye hoş geldin | Türkiye'ye hoş geldiniz | hoş bulduk |
| evimize hoş geldin | evimize hoş geldiniz | hoş bulduk |
| Hoş geldin, Ali | Hoş geldiniz, Ali Bey | teşekkür ederim, hoş bulduk |
Examples
- Türkiye'ye hoş geldin, Ali.Welcome to Turkey, Ali.Türkiye ends in a vowel, so the dative takes a buffer y: Türkiye'ye. Plain hoş geldin is for one person you address as sen.
- Hoş geldiniz, buyurun oturun.Welcome, please sit down.Hoş geldiniz ends in -iniz, the polite or plural siz form, so it suits an elder, a stranger or a group. Buyurun then invites them in.
- Hoş bulduk, teşekkür ederim.Thank you, it is good to be here.The guest answers with hoş bulduk, literally “we found it pleasant”. It is a fixed reply, not an echo of hoş geldin, and it usually keeps -k even when one person speaks.
- Hoş geldin.Welcome.Say it at the door when a friend arrives, or when someone comes back from a trip. The friend replies hoş bulduk.
- evimizeto our homeevimiz-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: oure-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
- mağazamızato our shopmağazamız-imiz / -ımız / -umuz / -ümüz: oura-e / -a / -ye / -ya: to, towards
- Hoş geldin, çay ister misin?Welcome, would you like some tea?
- Hepiniz hoş geldiniz.Welcome, all of you.Hepiniz means “all of you”: hep plus -iniz. The verb stays geldiniz, so a welcome to a group is the same as the polite welcome to one person.
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Watch out
Do not answer a welcome with the same welcome: hoş geldiniz back sounds as if you were the host. The arriving guest says hoş bulduk. Write hoş geldiniz as two words, not hoşgeldiniz, and never use it to say goodbye.
Try it yourself
Complete the welcome to one friend: Hoş ___.
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geldin
geldin: geldi plus -n is the sen form, so it fits one friend; for an elder it would be geldiniz.
Answer the welcome as the person who arrives: Hoş ___.
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bulduk
bulduk: the reply is the fixed past of bulmak, “to find”, in the biz form -k; the guest does not repeat geldi.
Add the dative to Türkiye (Turkey): welcome to Turkey.
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Türkiye'ye
Türkiye'ye: Türkiye ends in a vowel, so the dative is -ye, with a buffer y after the apostrophe.
Make “to our home” from ev (home): add “our” and the dative.
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evimize
evimize: ev plus -imiz (our) plus -e (to); after the consonant z no buffer is needed.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Complete the welcome to one friend: Hoş ___.
Answer the welcome as the person who arrives: Hoş ___.
Add the dative to Türkiye (Turkey): welcome to Turkey.
Make “to our home” from ev (home): add “our” and the dative.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the parts in order to build this word: to our home
Tap the parts in order to build this word: to our shop
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Write three short welcomes: one to a friend at your door, one to an older guest, and one to visitors at a shop, each with the place in the dative. Then write the reply each of them gives.