Write to a friend while you are still on holiday. The original model below gives a small picture of the place and the day; you do not need to tell the whole trip.
The idea
Use a simple frame: Sevgili Ece, addresses the reader; İzmir'den selamlar! sends greetings from your holiday location. Add two or three short sentences about the weather or what you are doing now. Finish with Sevgiler, on a separate line, then your own name. These are friendly choices, not a compulsory formula.
Read the text
Sevgili Ece,
İzmir'den selamlar! Küçük bir otelde kalıyorum. Burada hava çok güzel. Bugün sahilde yürüyorum. Deniz bugün çok sakin. Sana bir kartpostal yazıyorum. Sen nasılsın? Orada hava nasıl?
Sevgiler, Selin
Examples
- Şimdi İzmir'de tatildeyim.I'm on holiday in İzmir now.
- Burada hava çok güzel.The weather is lovely here.
- Bugün sahilde yürüyorum.I'm walking along the shore today.
- Sevgili Ece,Dear Ece,
- İzmir'den selamlar!Greetings from İzmir!
- Deniz bugün çok sakin.The sea is very calm today.
- Sevgiler,Love,
- Sana bir kartpostal yazıyorum.I'm writing you a postcard.
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Watch out
Do not carry İzmir'den into every sentence just because you are writing from there. İzmir'den selamlar! names the source of the greeting; İzmir'de tatildeyim says where you are on holiday. Keep the apostrophe in both forms.
Try it yourself
Choose the opening word before your friend’s name: Sevgili or Sevgiler.
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Sevgili
Sevgili introduces the person you are addressing, so it fits before Ece. The name here belongs to the reader, not the sender.
Complete ‘Greetings from İzmir!’ Choose İzmir'de or İzmir'den.
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İzmir'den
İzmir'den tells the reader where the greetings come from. Nobody needs to be leaving the city: it is the source of the message.
You are on holiday in İzmir now. Choose İzmir'de or İzmir'den.
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İzmir'de
İzmir'de locates the holiday. Tatildeyim already says “I am on holiday”; this blank adds where, not where the message comes from.
Choose a warm closing above your signature: Sevgili or Sevgiler.
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Sevgiler
Sevgiler can stand on its own as a warm closing. Selin below it is the sender’s signature; Sevgili before a name would look like a new opening.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Turkish sentences and words where available. We keep your score.
Choose the opening word before your friend’s name: Sevgili or Sevgiler.
Complete ‘Greetings from İzmir!’ Choose İzmir'de or İzmir'den.
You are on holiday in İzmir now. Choose İzmir'de or İzmir'den.
Choose a warm closing above your signature: Sevgili or Sevgiler.
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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Write a postcard of 30–45 words to a friend. Include a greeting, your holiday location, a weather detail and an activity. End warmly and sign it. Check each place ending by asking whether it means “from” or “in”.