Complex Sentences & Advanced Grammar

Postpositions: için, ile, gibi

for/in order to, with, like/as

ee-cheen, ee-leh, gee-bee

Turkish uses postpositions not prepositions; follow the noun

Senin için.

For you.

seh-neen ee-cheen

Genitive pronoun + için; için follows its noun/pronoun

Onunla

With him/her/it

oh-noon-lah

İle contracts to -la/-le and attaches to noun: onun + la

Benim gibi

Like me

beh-neem gee-bee

Gibi follows the genitive form of the noun/pronoun

Var / Yok

There is / There is not

vahr / yok

Existence: Çay var = There is tea; Çay yok = There is no tea

Lütfen / Teşekkürler

Please / Thank you (pl)

lewt-fen / teh-shek-kewr-lehr

Lütfen for polite requests; teşekkürler is plural/emphatic thanks

Özür dilerim.

I'm sorry / I apologize.

ur-zewr dee-leh-reem

Formal apology; pardon = affedersiniz

Rica ederim.

You're welcome.

ree-jah eh-deh-reem

Literally: I request/beg; standard response to thanks

Anlamıyorum.

I don't understand.

ahn-lah-muh-yor-oom

Anla + mı (neg) + yor + um; useful survival phrase

Türkçe biliyor musunuz?

Do you know Turkish?

tewrk-cheh bee-lee-yor moo-soo-nooz

Bil + iyor + mu + sunuz; formal you question