Body parts: from head to foot
Fourteen body words with their my-forms, why it is burnum and ağzım but boğazım, and how to say what hurts. Start with Başım ağrıyor.
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Fruit names for the market and the table
Ten common fruits from elma to karpuz, why they stay bare in statements like Elma seviyorum, and how to keep the sweet cherry apart from the sour one.
Read and practiseVegetables (sebzeler): buying them by weight and piece
Name twelve market vegetables from domates to lahana, ask for them by the kilo, bunch or piece, and see why havuç becomes havucu but soğan stays soğanı.
Read and practiseDrinks: çay, kahve, su and ordering
Name six everyday drinks and order them the Turkish way: bir bardak çay with no plural, içmek for drinking, and the suyu in portakal suyu.
Read and practiseBreakfast foods: ekmek, peynir, zeytin and kahvaltı
Bread, cheese, olives, eggs, jam and honey: name the Turkish breakfast table, say kahvaltı yapmak, and see why ekmek becomes ekmeğe.
Read and practiseClothing words: giymek and takmak
Giymek or takmak? Twelve clothing words from gömlek to ayakkabı, and why Turkish uses one verb for shirts and shoes and another for glasses and watches.
Read and practiseRooms of the house: mutfak, salon, yatak odası
Why the bedroom is yatak odası and not yatak oda: a dozen room words from mutfak to koridor, and the -sı that joins compounds with oda.
Read and practisePets and farm animals: kedim, köpeğim, kuşum
Kedim var, köpeğim var: ten pets and farm animals, how to say you have one with the my-ending and var, and why köpek becomes köpeğim but at becomes atım.
Read and practiseJobs and professions: from öğretmen to gazeteci
Ne iş yapıyorsun? Name ten jobs, say what you do in one word such as doktorum, and see why Ne yapıyorsun? asks about something else.
Read and practiseSeasons: ilkbahar, yaz, sonbahar and kış
Yazın or yazda? The four Turkish seasons, ilkbahar, yaz, sonbahar and kış, and the endings that make 'in summer' and 'in winter'.
Read and practiseWeather words: hava, yağmak and -lı
Hava nasıl? Weather words from güneş to fırtına, adjectives like yağmurlu, and why you say Üşüyorum and not Ben soğuğum.
Read and practisePlaces in town: banka, postane, park
Banka, postane, hastane, park: name fourteen town places, answer Nerede? with -da or -de, and see why it is markette and parkta, never marketde.
Read and practiseVehicles in Turkish: getting around town
Bus, train, ferry or bicycle: name twelve vehicles in Turkish, describe your journey and practise the different endings for boarding and getting off.
Read and practiseFurniture and household items: masa, dolap, koltuk
Masanın üstünde, dolabın içinde: name a dozen pieces of furniture and say where they stand, including the k→ğ and p→b changes in koltuğun and dolabın.
Read and practiseNumbers 21 to 1000: tens, hundreds and bin
Otuz, kırk, elli: name the tens, build 125 or 2026 word by word, and see why Turkish says yüz lira, not bir yüz lira, for prices and years.
Read and practiseParts of the day: sabah, öğle, akşam, gece
Sabah, öğle, akşam, gece: name the parts of the day, say bu sabah and dün gece, and see why they take no locative ending: sabah, never sabahta.
Read and practiseSports and hobbies: oynamak or yapmak?
Futbol oynamak but yoga yapmak: learn sports and hobby words and the verb each one takes, plus yüzmek, koşmak and bisiklete binmek.
Read and practiseExtended family: relatives by birth and marriage
A family tree reveals why a maternal uncle and an aunt’s husband need different Turkish words. Practise eight precise terms for relatives and in-laws.
Read and practiseFeelings in Turkish: worry, excitement and hurt
A forgotten birthday or an exciting trip calls for different feeling words. Describe emotions in Turkish and distinguish being bored from being boring.
Read and practiseCharacter in Turkish: describing what someone is like
A quiet afternoon does not make someone shy: use twelve Turkish character adjectives, support them with behaviour, and distinguish habits from today’s mood.
Read and practiseHealth and illness: describing symptoms in Turkish
A cough, a fever or nausea: name common symptoms in Turkish, say when they started and practise the difference between symptom nouns and everyday verb phrases.
Read and practiseTravel and hotels: tickets, bookings and rooms
A room for two or a room with two beds? Build Turkish travel vocabulary for tickets, reservations, luggage and hotel stays, with clear booking phrases.
Read and practiseMoney and banking in Turkish: cash, cards and accounts
A payment leaves clues: cash, a card, an account balance or change. Learn Turkish money words and distinguish withdrawing, depositing and paying a bill.
Read and practiseTechnology in Turkish: devices, apps and files
A file’s journey from a website to your computer makes Turkish download and upload verbs easier to remember. Practise device, app and folder vocabulary at B1.
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