Turkish                                        Pronounced                                                 English

 

Merhaba                                 mer-aba (h is silent)                                 Hello

Günaydin                                goon-aydin                                                  Good morning/good day

iyi akşamlar                           eeye-ak-shamlar                                       Good evening

iyi geceler                               eeye- ge-jeler                                             Good night

Nasilsiniz?                             na-sil-si-niz                                                 How are you?

iyiyim                                        ee-im                                                             I am good/well

Teşekkür ederim                  te-shek-kur                                                Thankyou

Lütfen                                       loot-fen                                                        Please

Yok or Hayır                            high-er                                                          No

Evet                                            evet                                                                Yes

 

Days of the week

 

Pazar                                          Pa-zar                                                            Sunday

Pazartesi                                  Pa-zar-tezi                                                   Monday

Salı                                               sa-loo                                                           Tuesday

Çerşamba                                 Char-sham-be                                             Wednesday

Perşembe                                 Per-shem-be                                               Thursday

Cuma                                           joo-ma                                                            Friday

Cumartesi                                 joo-mar-tezi                                                 Saturday

 

Ay                                               Eye                                                   Month

 

Ocak                                           o-jak                                               January

Şubat                                         shoo-bat                                       February

Mart                                           Mart                                                March

Nisan                                         Nee-san                                         April

Mayis                                         My-is                                               May

Haziran                                     Haz-iran                                         June

Temmuz                                   Tem-mooz                                     July

Ağustos                                    A-goostos                                     August

Eylül                                            Eye-lul                                           September

Ekim                                            E-keem                                          October

Kasım                                         Kasoom                                         November

Aralık                                          Aralook                                          December

 

 

N.B in Turkish c is pronounced je as in UK English jelly and ç is pronounced Ch as in Chair 

 

 

TURKİSH                              PRONOUNCED                                             ENGLİSH  

 

Body 

 

Baş                                              Bash                                                          Head

Kalp                                            Kalp                                                           Heart

El                                                  Ell                                                               Arm

Burun                                          Boo-roon                                                 Nose   

Bacak                                          Bajak                                                         Leg

Mide                                            mee-day                                                  Stomach

ağrı (the ğ is silent)              A-ree                                                          Pain                          

Ayak                                            Ay-ak                                                         Foot

Diş Doktoru                              Dish doktor- oo                                     Dentist      

Doktor                                        Doktor                                                       Doctor

Hastahane                                Ha-stan-e (e as in egg)                      Hospital   

Hasta                                          Hasta                                                         Patient

Diş                                                Dish                                                           Tooth      

Hemşire                                     hem-sher-e (e as in egg)                    Nurse

 

 

*Turkish has what looks like two g's in the alphabet as in UK English get and ğ (ğ is pronounced yumshatgey) has a little point above it and is silent (as is k is in knife)

 

Turkish also has s pronounced se as in set and ş pronounced sh as in ash