Turkish Language 'Selam'

No matter where you go in the world, greeting the people living there in their own language shows that you value them. If you say "Selam" or "Merhaba" to them instead of hello. You will see the smiles on their faces. We tried to list the words and sentence patterns that you will need during communication with people in Turkey. and we will increase the words on this page over time.

As we mentioned in the geography article, there are 7 different regions. The dialects spoken in these seven different regions are very different from each other. While even we Turks have difficulty in understanding each other, it is very normal for you to get along with people from different regions.

There are 29 letters in the Turkish alphabet. 21 of them are consonants and 8 of them are vowels.There are letters in Turkish that are not in the English alphabet, such as Ç Ğ Ö ŞÜ. In addition, X W Q letters in the English alphabet do not exist in the Turkish Alphabet.

Words and phrases you will need during your trip to Turkey

Hello : Merhaba Selam

Good Morning : Günaydın

Good Day : İyi Günler

Good Evening : İyi Akşamlar

Good Night : İyi Geceler

Good Bye : Güle Güle ( Smile Smile)

Good Bye : Hoşçakal

Welcome : Hoşgeldin ! answer for this (Hoş Buldum)

Thank you : Teşekkür ederim or Sağ ol ( like Seul Capital of South Korea )

Yes : Evet

No : Hayır

Cheers : Şerefe Means for your honor

Bonne appetite : Afiyet Olsun

Excuse me : Pardon or afferdersiniz

Okay : Tamam or Ok

What is your name : İsmin ne or Adın Ne

What : Ne

How Much : Ne kadar

How Many : Kaç Tane

Cheap : ucuz

Expensive : Pahalı

New : Yeni

Old: Eski

very : çok

very old : çok eski

this : Bu

that :Şu

cold : soğuk

hot : sıcak

Water : Su

cold water : Soğuk su

Cafeteria : Kafeterya

Restaurant : Restoran Lokanta

Menu : Menü

bill : Hesap

please : Lütfen

Tip : Bahşiş

Vat : KDV

included : dahil

excluded : hariç

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Turkish Language 'Merhaba'