Read once to find out whether Derya buys any fruit. Then read the dialogue again and track each price. The story and its prices are fictional.
The idea
To find the outcome, separate the asking price, the buyer’s offer and the accepted price. Here olur mu? asks whether a proposed price is acceptable; it does not report a completed purchase. Read the reply and the later payment together.
Read the text
Cumartesi sabahı Derya pazara erken gitti. Evde hiç meyve yoktu. Bir tezgâhta kırmızı elmalar ve sarı armutlar gördü. Elmalar güzel görünüyordu. Derya satıcıya sordu: “Elmanın kilosu kaç lira?” “Kırk lira. İki kilo seksen lira.”
Derya iki kilo elma almak istedi ama fiyatı biraz yüksek buldu. “İki kilo altmış lira olur mu?” diye sordu. Satıcı başını salladı. “Hayır, altmış lira olmaz. Yetmiş lira olur.” Derya bir an düşündü. “Tamam, iki kilo için yetmiş lira,” dedi.
Satıcı elmaları dikkatle tarttı. Derya elmaları kendi çantasına koydu ve satıcıya yüz lira verdi. Satıcı para üstünü uzattı. Derya parayı saydı; doğruydu. Armut almadı. Satıcıya teşekkür etti. Sonra çantasını eve götürdü. Evde iki elmayı yıkadı. Birini yedi, diğerini kardeşine verdi.
Examples
- Derya pazara erken gitti.Derya went to the market early.
- Satıcı elmaları dikkatle tarttı.The seller weighed the apples carefully.
- Derya çantasını eve götürdü.Derya took her bag home.
- Elmanın kilosu kırk lira.The apples cost forty lira per kilo.
- İki kilo altmış lira olur mu?Would sixty lira be all right for two kilos?
- Tamam, iki kilo için yetmiş lira.All right, seventy lira for two kilos.
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Watch out
Do not take başını salladı alone as agreement: moving the head can be ambiguous in writing. The seller immediately says Hayır, so the sixty-lira offer is refused.
Try it yourself
Which fruit did Derya buy? Choose elma (apple) or armut (pear).
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elma
elma: she puts apples in her bag, and the story explicitly says she buys no pears. Seeing both fruits does not mean buying both.
How much did two kilos of apples cost before bargaining?
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seksen lira / seksen / 80 lira / 80
seksen lira: the seller first quotes forty per kilo and eighty for two. This question asks for the price before the conversation changes it.
How much did Derya pay for two kilos of apples?
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yetmiş lira / yetmiş / 70 lira / 70
yetmiş lira: she accepts the seller’s counteroffer. Sixty was her rejected proposal; the hundred she hands over includes money to be returned.
Derya handed over one hundred lira. How much change did she receive?
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otuz lira / otuz / 30 lira / 30
otuz lira: she gives one hundred for a seventy-lira purchase, leaving thirty in change. The story says she counts it and it is correct.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Which fruit did Derya buy? Choose elma (apple) or armut (pear).
How much did two kilos of apples cost before bargaining?
seksen lira / seksen / 80 lira / 80
How much did Derya pay for two kilos of apples?
yetmiş lira / yetmiş / 70 lira / 70
Derya handed over one hundred lira. How much change did she receive?
otuz lira / otuz / 30 lira / 30
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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Retell the purchase in three Turkish sentences: name the fruit, the agreed price and the change. Underline the lines in the story that support your account.