bağımsız: independent decisions and research
Learn bağımsız for independent decisions and research, including the ablative in bağışçılardan bağımsız.
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özgür: freedom to choose and express opinions
Learn özgür for freedom of choice and expression, and özgürce for doing something freely.
Read and practisesorumlu: being responsible for a task
Learn sorumlu for responsibility for projects and tasks, including the ablative ending in projeden sorumlu.
Read and practisedürüst: honest answers and behavior
Learn dürüst for honest answers and behavior and dürüstçe for explaining or speaking honestly.
Read and practiseadil: fair decisions and treatment
Learn adil for fair decisions, evaluation and treatment, with attention to circumstances and clear criteria.
Read and practisehaklı: being right or justified
Learn haklı to agree that someone is right or that a complaint has grounds, and distinguish it from factual correctness.
Read and practisehaksız: unjustified accusations and unfair treatment
Learn haksız for unjustified accusations, being wrong and unfair treatment, including haksız yere.
Read and practisesabırlı: patience while waiting and learning
Learn sabırlı for patient people and behavior while waiting, listening or learning something new.
Read and practisesabırsız: impatience and eager anticipation
Learn sabırsız for impatience while waiting and eager anticipation, including sabırsızlanmak for looking forward.
Read and practisekıskanç: jealousy and envy
Learn kıskanç for jealousy and envy, the noun kıskançlık and the verb kıskanmak in everyday contexts.
Read and practisecömert: generosity with time and resources
Learn cömert for generosity with time, knowledge or resources and cömertçe for sharing generously.
Read and practisecimri: stinginess and careful spending
Learn cimri for unwillingness to share despite having means, and distinguish stinginess from saving or limited resources.
Read and practiseciddi: serious problems and taking things seriously
Learn ciddi for serious problems, serious conversation and the expression ciddiye almak.
Read and practiseesnek: flexible materials and adaptable plans
Learn esnek for bendable materials and adaptable schedules or rules, and distinguish flexibility from having no rules.
Read and practisekesin: definite dates and certain information
Learn kesin for definite dates and decisions, certain information and the verb kesinleşmek.
Read and practisebelirsiz: uncertain dates and vague answers
Learn belirsiz for uncertain dates and vague answers and belirsizlik for uncertainty, contrasting kesin.
Read and practisedoğal: natural light, resources and reactions
Learn doğal for natural light and resources as well as ordinary reactions, without equating natural with safe.
Read and practiseyapay: artificial light, materials and lakes
Learn yapay for human-made light, materials and lakes, and distinguish artificial origin from poor quality.
Read and practisekaliteli: quality in materials and services
Learn kaliteli for high-quality materials, service and recordings, and evaluate quality by purpose rather than price alone.
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Numbers 0 to 20: sıfır to yirmi
Count from sıfır to yirmi: the 21 Turkish numbers, why thirteen is on üç and never üç on, and why the noun stays singular after a number.
Read and practiseColours: kırmızı, mavi, sarı and açık mavi
Name the eleven basic colours in Turkish, make a lighter or darker shade with açık and koyu, and spell kahverengi, kırmızı and sarı with the right letters.
Read and practiseThe days of the week: pazartesi to pazar
Learn the seven Turkish days from pazartesi to pazar, how to say on Monday or every Friday without any ending, and why cuma and cumartesi are easy to mix up.
Read and practiseMonths in Turkish: from ocak to aralık
All twelve Turkish months from ocak to aralık, and the short ending -da/-ta that makes 'in March': martta, eylülde, aralıkta. No capital letter, no apostrophe.
Read and practiseFamily words: mother's side and father's side
Aunts, uncles and grandparents get different names depending on the side: anneanne or babaanne, amca or dayı, hala or teyze.
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