A short contribution starts before your actual point: you ask for the floor, listen to the reply and then speak. Practise that exchange while following a simple meeting agenda.
The idea
Use söz alabilir miyim? to ask for a turn to speak. The person leading the meeting can reply Buyurun, sizi dinliyoruz. An agenda is gündem, and an item is madde: gündemin ilk maddesi names the first item. Önce gündeme bakalım and Şimdi ikinci maddeye geçelim invite the group to act together; bakalım and geçelim mean “let’s”.
Read the text
Ece: Önce gündeme bakalım. Gündemin ilk maddesi yeni proje.
Deniz: Bu konuda söz alabilir miyim?
Ece: Buyurun, sizi dinliyoruz.
Deniz: Proje için iki haftamız var. İlk hafta hazırlık yapalım.
Ece: Tamam, ilk hafta hazırlık yapalım. Kararı not ediyorum. Şimdi ikinci maddeye geçelim.
Examples
- Önce gündeme bakalım.Let’s look at the agenda first.
- Bu konuda söz alabilir miyim?May I take the floor on this topic?
- Şimdi ikinci maddeye geçelim.Let’s move on to the second item now.
- Gündemin ilk maddesi yeni proje.The first item on the agenda is the new project.
- Buyurun, sizi dinliyoruz.Go ahead, we’re listening.
- Bu noktayı tekrar açıklar mısınız?Could you explain this point again?
- Kararı not ediyorum.I’m noting down the decision.
- Toplantıyı burada bitirelim.Let’s end the meeting here.
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Watch out
Söz almak and söz vermek assign different roles. In a meeting, you take the floor with söz almak and give someone else the floor with söz vermek. On its own, Söz veriyorum usually means “I promise”; it does not announce that you want to speak.
Try it yourself
Choose the form meaning “look at the agenda”. Önce ___ bakalım. (gündeme / gündemde)
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gündeme
gündeme: the agenda is what you look at. Bakmak takes the dative here; gündemde would mean “on the agenda” and would not supply that complement.
Ask to speak yourself; do not offer someone else the floor. Bu konuda söz ___? (alabilir miyim / verebilir miyim)
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alabilir miyim
alabilir miyim: the speaker wants permission to take a turn. Verebilir miyim would ask whether the speaker may give something, so it reverses who receives the floor.
Complete “the first item on the agenda”. Gündemin ilk ___ yeni proje. (madde / maddesi)
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maddesi
maddesi: the item belongs to the agenda. Gündemin marks the first part of this possessive construction; madde needs the matching ending, with s between the vowels.
Suggest moving to the next item now; do not report a past action. Şimdi ikinci maddeye ___. (geçelim / geçtik)
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geçelim
geçelim: the group is invited to move on now. Geçtik reports that “we moved on” already, so it cannot express this proposal.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the form meaning “look at the agenda”. Önce ___ bakalım. (gündeme / gündemde)
Ask to speak yourself; do not offer someone else the floor. Bu konuda söz ___? (alabilir miyim / verebilir miyim)
Complete “the first item on the agenda”. Gündemin ilk ___ yeni proje. (madde / maddesi)
Suggest moving to the next item now; do not report a past action. Şimdi ikinci maddeye ___. (geçelim / geçtik)
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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In pairs, write a six-turn meeting with two agenda items. One person opens it; the other asks for the floor and requests clarification. End by moving to the second item. Then swap roles.