MERHABA 
Learn some Turkish when you travel to Turkey and your trip will be much better. Luckily, simple Turkish is fairly easy to learn because Turkish is a logical, phonetic language.
All students in Turkish schools study English, and some even learn it. French, German and Arabic are also taught (and sometimes learned).
In tourist areas, local tourism personnel may study Greek, Finnish, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish-whatever language a significant number of visitors may speak. But you'll get the most out of your trip if you know a bit of Turkish, too.
100 Most Useful Words in Turkish
Lesson 1: Greetings!
Hello, good morning, goodbye, what's your name, how are you...
Turkish Lesson 1, Greetings! Here are your first ten words of Turkish. You can learn them in just a few minutes today and you'll use them every day-several times-during your travels in Turkey:
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1 |
Hello |
Merhaba |
MEHR-hah-bah |
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2 |
Good morning, good day |
Günaydın |
gew-nahy-DUHN |
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3 |
Good evening |
İyi akşamlar |
EE ahk-shahm-LAHR |
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4 |
Good night |
İyi geceler |
EE geh-jeh-LEHR |
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5 |
Goodbye |
Allaha ısmarladık |
ah-LAHS-mahr-lah-duhk |
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6 |
Bon voyage |
Güle güle |
gew-LEH gew-LEH |
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7 |
What is your name? |
Adınız ne? |
AH-duh-NUHZ neh |
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8 |
My name is... |
Adım... |
Ah-DUHM... |
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9 |
How are you? |
Nasılsınız? |
NAHS-suhl-suh-nuhz |
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10 |
I'm fine, thank you. |
İyiyim, teşekkür ederim. |
ee-YEE-yihm, tesh-ek-KEWR eh-dehr-eem |
