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![I graduated! 🎓 I’d love to share my journey and the emotions of this moment with you. As many of you know, I completed two bachelor’s degrees and two master’s degrees. It’s not easy for me to close this chapter of my educational life. I still can’t quite believe that I’ve graduated. When I was asked to give a speech at the graduation ceremony, I was truly delighted, because this was exactly how I wanted to conclude my academic journey, with something so meaningful. 💙
I also wrote my thesis with great passion. Doing something meaningful for Turkey brought me so much joy. On top of that, my supervisor was my favorite professor in the department, which made the whole process an incredible experience.
On this page, I’ve always focused on educational content, so I wanted to make this milestone meaningful for Turkish learners as well. That’s why I added some common Turkish expressions about working hard and perseverance.
I hope you’ll enjoy them, and maybe even find a bit of inspiration for your own journey ❤️ #kuleuven]()
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![In Turkey, a restaurant not serving lentil soup is practically a crime 😄
How to order food in Turkish (at a restaurant) 🥙 😍 What would you order? Let me know! 😍😍
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![In Turkish, even everyday feelings can sound like poetry. 🌿
Hearts can flutter, eyes can shine, and insides can break into pieces.
Here are some of the most poetic expressions in Turkish with their literal translations that will make you see the language in a whole new way.
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![-DIr: Present General or Factual Assumption
-dır, -dir, -dur, -dür
This is the present/factual version of the inferential mood. It is used when:
* You’re stating a general truth or known fact,
* You're making a logical deduction or strong assumption (but not based on direct evidence),
* You want to add formality or certainty to a statement.
Often used in encyclopedic knowledge, formal speech, or logical conclusions.
Rare in casual speech unless emphasizing certainty.
Examples:
* Ankara Türkiye’nin başkentidir. Ankara is the capital of Turkey. (a general fact)
* Ayşe şimdi evdedir. Ayşe is probably at home now. (assumption with some logic)
-mIştIr: Past Assumption / Deduction / Inference
This is the past tense of the inferential mood. It is used when:
* You assume something has happened, but you did not witness it yourself,
* You’re making an inference or educated guess about a past event,
* You want to express something as very likely, but without direct evidence.
* It shows learned, reconstructed knowledge (often from books, education, or collective knowledge).
Very common in both spoken and written Turkish.
Often used when describing past events indirectly.
Examples:
* Ayşe eve gitmiştir. Ayşe must have gone home. (I'm not sure, but that's what I assume)
* Kapı çaldı, Ayşe gelmiştir. The door rang, it must be Ayşe. (inferred from the situation)
* Saat 10 oldu, ders bitmiştir. It’s 10 o'clock, the class must have ended. (logical deduction)
*Fatih Sultan Mehmet 1453’te İstanbul’u fethetmiştir. Mehmed the Conqueror captured Istanbul in 1453.
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![Depending on the context, “ya” in Turkish can have many meanings.
😍 You can use it like “aww” in English.
😠 When you’re annoyed by something, you can say “ya” in an aggressive tone to show your discomfort.
🙇♂️ At the beginning of a sentence, we use it like “so” in English when moving on to a new topic.
😮 It can also be used to mean “really?”
🤨 If you use it if the conditional -sA,]()
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![1) “-ki” as a suffix
This -ki is attached to nouns or pronouns.
It basically means “the one that is / the thing that is / which is…” and shows belonging, location, or a quality connected to that noun (you can think it as relative clauses too.)
Evdeki eşyalar eski. = The items (which are) in the house are old.
Masadaki kitap senin mi? = Is the book (that is) on the table yours?
2) “ki” as a conjunction
This is a separate word (not attached), usually to connect clauses.
It is used to emphasize, explain, or comment on something, often a bit dramatic.
It doesn’t have a direct translation but often feels like “so that,” “it’s just that,” “you know,” “in fact,” “that...” depending on context.
Duydum ki taşınmışsın = I heard (that) you moved.
O kadar çok konuştum ki sesim kısıldı. = I talked so much that I lost my voice.
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![Turkish language explained in less than 60 seconds 🇹🇷🤠
Based on your feedback I omitted the language family part ;) enjoy 🫶❤️🇹🇷
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![There is a widespread belief that Turks give wrong directions 👉🏻you haven’t met my mother yet 🤠
She gives me details of everything down to the construction material of the bridge so that I don’t get lost 🤣
Yuvarlak - circle, round
Karşıya geçmek - to cross (the street)
Durak - (bus) stop
Binmek - to take (a bus/ a plane), to get on
İnmek - to get off
Köprü - bridge
Tramvay - tram
Metro - subway
Yürümek - to walk
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishvocabulary #nativeturkish]()
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![I’m so happy to have met you on this journey I’ve been on since 2021. You’ve seen me with short hair, long hair, in my moody, happy, even angry moments. I thought it was finally time to share this long-overdue intro post.
I often get questions like: “How old are you?”, “Where are you from?”, “Are you single?” (By the way, I was born in ‘98 ;))) so… needed to end this never ending curiosity!
If you have any other questions, feel free to drop them in the comments below! ❤️🫶]()
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![The buffer “-n” is attached to nouns that have a possessive suffix that ends in a vowel such as “-(s)I” or “-lArI” when they take a case ending (-DA, -DAn, -(y)A..).
💡For example
📌 Onun arabasında (araba + -sı + -n + -da)
📌 Onların evlerinde (ev + -leri + -n + -de)
You can also see the buffer -n is attached to compound nouns that has “-(s)I” suffix:
📌 buzdolabında (buzdolabı + -n + -da)
📌 Atatürk Caddesi’nde (caddesi + -n + -de)
📌 Yatak odasında (odası + -n + -da)
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![“Gözünü seveyim” literally means “Let me love your eye,” but it’s not about eyes at all.
In real usage, it’s an emotional, heartfelt way of saying “please” or “for the god’s sake”
Gözünü seveyim, biraz sus! → Please, I’m begging you, be quiet for a second!
Gözünü seveyim, yardım et bana. → Come on, help me out, please.
It’s informal and commonly heard in Turkish dramas, daily speech, or when someone is playfully begging.
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![But Turkish has layers and sometimes the real meaning is hiding behind a smile 😏
These phrases hit differently when you live here or talk to Turks long enough 🤡
#turkishlanguage #learnTurkish #turkishslang #expatlife #languagelearning #turkishphrases #turkishmemes #foreignerlife #turkishculture]()
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![Don’t mind the end, i’m just being a dork 🤓
In Turkish, double negatives are normal and even necessary to express a negative meaning clearly. Instead of cancelling each other out (like they do in English), they reinforce the negativity.
when you use a negative word like:
* hiç (ever, never, any)
* hiçbir (none, no)
* kimse (anyone, no one)
* asla (never)
you must also make the verb negative.
Both the negative word and the negative verb work together. Turkish wants everything in the sentence to agree. So instead of one part being negative and the other positive, both parts are made negative.
English says: “I didn’t see anybody.” (subject = positive, verb = negative)
Turkish says: “Hiç kimseyi görmedim.” (subject = negative, verb = negative)
Because in Turkish, if you just said:
“Kimseyi gördüm” it would sound like you actually saw someone, and that’s confusing.
Do you also have double negatives in your language?
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishgrammar #learningturkish #studyturkish #lernentürkisch #turkishgrammar]()
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![🎥 Episode 2: You can’t find it in the books - Vız gelir tırıs gider
“Vız gelir tırıs gider” is a Turkish expression that is used to express indifference or not being affected by something at all.
Vız gelir: It comes with a whizz / buzz (like a mosquito sound) - i.e it’s nothing, it doesn’t affect me.
Tırıs gider: It goes away quickly (tırıs is the slow way a horse walks, when it is scared or tired)
You can also use it when you want to show emotional strength or confidence.
English translations could be…
✌️It doesn’t bother me at all.
✌️That doesn’t even faze me.
✌️I don’t give a damn.
✌️It is nothing to me.
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishgrammar #learningturkish #studyturkish]()
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![What do Turkish people say when they want to go to toilet? 🚽
Some Turks say “banyo” (bathroom) btw. I prefer “lavabo” tho.
And, it’s okay to say “toilet” but according to my observations, we prefer saying “lavabo” to sound nicer.
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishgrammar #learningturkish #studyturkish #lernentürkisch]()
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![“You can’t find it in the books” is a series about Turkish native expressions that you can’t find in the books. Basically, all the episodes will be based on slangs.
By the way, I’m sick and that’s why I have a stuffy nose. My voice might sound a little strange. 🤓
Anyway, keep calm and say ”ÇOK DA TIN!”
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishgrammar #learningturkish #studyturkish #lernentürkisch #turkishexpressions]()
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![🇵🇱Polish vs. 🇹🇷Turkish: Common Words ✨
Haraç is not a good word i guess 😂
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![🇵🇱 Polish vs. Turkish 🇹🇷: False friends / False cognates
Do you know other ones? 😊
Special thanks to maly.kaczmarz ❤️
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![Both sentences describe Ayşe being asleep when we arrived home, but they differ in aspect and the timing they imply.
👉🏻Eve geldiğimizde Ayşe uyudu. (Ayşe slept when we came home.)
This uses the simple past tense (“uyudu”), suggesting that Ayşe fell asleep at the moment of our arrival or that her sleeping is presented as a straightforward past event.
👉🏻Eve geldiğimizde Ayşe uyumuştu. (Ayşe had slept / was asleep when we came home.)
This uses the “miş’li” past (reported or inferential past, “uyumuştu”), which indicates that Ayşe had already fallen asleep by the time we got home. It also implies that this information is inferred or reported rather than directly observed.
#turkish #turco #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #learningturkish #turkishgrammar #studyturkish #lernentürkisch #studyturkish]()
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![❓When do Turkish people use -mIştI suffix?
➡️The suffix “-mIştI” in Turkish is a compound past tense marker that combines the reported past tense (-mIş) and the past copula (-tI/dı) to indicate:
📍1. Past Perfect Meaning (“Had Done”)
It describes an action that was completed before another past event, similar to the past perfect in English.
👉🏻Sen gelmeden önce ben çoktan uyumuştum. (I was already asleep before you came.)
📍2. Background Information in Narratives
Often used in storytelling to provide background context about something that had already happened before the main event.
👉🏻O sabah erkenden kalkmıştı. Kahvesini içtikten sonra dışarı çıktı. (That morning, he/she had woken up early. After drinking coffee, he/she went out.)
It has more uses. Do you know the other ones? Let me know in the comments! 🫶
#turkish #learnturkish #turkishteacher #turkishcourse #speakturkish #turkishlanguage #turkishgrammar #turkishgrammar #learningturkish #studyturkish #lernentürkisch #turks #turco]()
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![❓Why do Turks add “m” before a repeated word? (e.g kitap mitap, çocuk mocuk, adam madam, doktor moktor…)
They usually do it when they want to express that the mentioned noun is not the only thing involved or not particularly important.
📌 Markete gittim, ekmek mekmek aldım.
(I went to the market and got bread and stuff.)
→ The person bought bread, but the phrasing suggests that they might have bought other things too.
📌Sınav için not mot çıkardım ama çalışmadım.
(I took notes or something, but I didn’t study.)
→ The speaker acknowledges taking notes but implies it wasn’t serious or thorough.
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![Everything is possible in Turkiye!
Everything you see here in the video is taken from real life. The people in this video are not fictional characters 😌 You can try it at home
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