A neighbourhood market is a semt pazarı. Market days vary by location; the municipal source gives an example of a weekly schedule. Here you will practise a short exchange at a produce stall. All prices in this lesson are invented for practice.
The idea
Kaça? asks a price, not a number of items. Kilosu kaça? makes the unit clear; Toplam ne kadar? asks for the whole purchase. Order with bir kilo domates, lütfen. For a polite discount request, use İndirim yapar mısınız? The question requests a reduction; it does not mean the seller has agreed.
| Question or request | Reply in the dialogue |
|---|---|
| Kilosu kaça? | Kilosu kırk lira. |
| Bir kilo domates, lütfen. | Buyurun. |
| İndirim yapar mısınız, lütfen? | Maalesef, indirim yok. |
| Toplam ne kadar? | Kırk lira. |
Read the text
Müşteri: Merhaba. Bu domatesler ne kadar?
Satıcı: Kilosu kırk lira.
Müşteri: Bir kilo domates, lütfen.
Satıcı: Buyurun.
Müşteri: İndirim yapar mısınız, lütfen?
Satıcı: Maalesef, indirim yok.
Müşteri: Tamam. Toplam ne kadar?
Satıcı: Kırk lira.
Müşteri: Teşekkür ederim.
Examples
- Bu domatesler ne kadar?How much are these tomatoes?
- Bir kilo domates, lütfen.One kilo of tomatoes, please.
- İndirim yapar mısınız, lütfen?Would you give me a discount, please?
- Kilosu kaça?How much per kilo?
- Kilosu kırk lira.Forty lira per kilo.
- Yarım kilo biber de istiyorum.I would also like half a kilo of peppers.
- Toplam ne kadar?How much in total?
- Maalesef, indirim yok.Sorry, there is no discount.
- Tamam, teşekkür ederim.All right, thank you.
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Watch out
Do not treat a price per kilo as the price of the whole bag: two kilos cost twice that amount before any discount. Do not assume bargaining will succeed. In the dialogue, the seller says Maalesef, indirim yok and the buyer accepts the answer.
Try it yourself
Ask the price per kilo: choose kaça or kaç tane.
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kaça
kaça: the missing information is a price. Kaç tane would ask how many individual items there are, which does not answer the buyer’s question here.
Ask for one kilo of tomatoes: choose kilo or kilolar.
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kilo
kilo: bir already supplies the quantity, so the measure stays singular. Domates names the produce being weighed; you do not need to count each tomato.
Complete the discount question using polite siz for the seller.
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mısınız
mısınız: the seller is addressed politely as siz. The last vowel of yapar selects mı, and the polite person ending attaches to the question word, written separately from the verb.
Write the total for two kilos of tomatoes at forty lira per kilo.
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seksen / 80
seksen (80): two lots of forty lira make eighty. The prompt gives a price per kilo and no discount, so forty would pay for only half the order.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Ask the price per kilo: choose kaça or kaç tane.
Ask for one kilo of tomatoes: choose kilo or kilolar.
Complete the discount question using polite siz for the seller.
Write the total for two kilos of tomatoes at forty lira per kilo.
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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Work in pairs. Ask the price per kilo, order one kilo and then ask for a discount. Let the seller refuse politely. Switch roles and buy two kilos, checking the total before ending the exchange.