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Bypass Turkish Government Censorship Ask about our free Speed Trial account -- for in-country Türkiye Click the image to learn how to protect your Internet freedom for less than $8 a month! "The 700 Club" of Essential Turkish Language E In Turkey - Türkiye'de Tüm kitap fırsatları için tıklayın ! Related Pages: Other Essential 700 Club pages Other Pages with sound files 'Tips' for learning/using Turkish Turkish Doubles Troubles 8 Difficulties of Turkish About Translation Software Personal Turkish Experiences Also Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Conjunction Celebration Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Turkish Numbers Revealed NewsReaders' Dictionary, Index Türkçe -- İngilizce Sözlük (Turkish -- English Dictionary) CD owners enjoy complete and direct linking throughout all the '700 Club' Pages. Site visitors may navigate using the '700 Club' Index Page [A] [B] [C] [Ç] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [İ] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [Ö] [P] [R] [S] [Ş] [T] [U] [Ü] [V] [Y] [Z] [Index] Turkish English Examples, supplements, and explanations E (~33 entries)     -e/-a [or -ye/-ya after a vowel] Suffix denoting the To, For Case of a noun... sinemaya, to the cinema bahçeye, to the garden futbol maçlarına abone olmak, to have a season ticket for the football matches -ebil/-abil A Turkish suffix used to denote 'can'... Gelebilirim I can come. or Yapabilir misin? Can you do (it)? Click to see a complete verb conjugation that uses this suffix. eczane (20k bytes) chemist, pharmacy, drug store eczacı, pharmacist, chemist (20k bytes) edebiyat (20k bytes) literature edıp; author The 100 Essential Turkish Authors and Poets Left click for image enlargement and legibility. Efendim... (30k bytes) My Master -- depending on the situation, this word may convey several different ideas... Click to see Efendim Tips... eğer (30k bytes) A word with no meaning by itself, used to establish the boundaries of an 'if' (conditional statement). Such as, Eğer John Mary'i severse evlenecekler. If John loves Mary, they will marry. Note that the sentence means the same thing, with or without the presence of the word Eğer. (57k bytes) eğitim (20k bytes) education   eğlence (20k bytes) fun, amusement, entertainment   ek (20k bytes) an addition, a supplement eklem, a joint (20k bytes) eklemek, to add (20k bytes) eklenti, addition (20k bytes) ekmek Male voice (30k bytes) Female voice (20k bytes) bread Türkler çok ekmek yerler. Turks eat a lot of bread. Male voice (41k bytes) Female voice (37k bytes) eksi (20k bytes) minus eksik, missing, lacking, absent (20k bytes) el (30k bytes) hand Elinizde ne var? What's that you've got in your hand? (30k bytes) Used in numerous Turkish idioms, phrases, and compound word constructions, such as: el altında, handy (30k bytes) el altından, in an underhanded way (30k bytes) ele geçirmek, to catch, capture (30k bytes) el ele, hand in hand (30k bytes) elçi (MP3 format) ambassador   eleştirmek (30k bytes) to criticize Işleri berbat ettikleri için sık sık eleştirdiğimiz politikacıların arasında kaliteli insanlar da vardır. There are some quality people among the politicians that we often criticize because of the lousy jobs they do. [Gözcü Gazetesi, 12 Nov 2001] (137k bytes) emekli (MP3 format) retired, pensioner   emin (30k bytes) sure, confident Emin misin? Are you sure? (30k bytes) Eminim! I'm sure! (30k bytes) emniyet, safety, security (30k bytes) emniyetli, safe, secure, trustworthy (30k bytes) emir (MP3 format) an order, command emretmek, to order (MP3 format) Emrin olur. As you wish. Whatever you say. (MP3 format) -en/-an A verbal suffix used to form present-participles in Turkish. Bağıran adam çıkarıldı. The shouting man was thrown out. (37k bytes) Click to see a full treatment of the Turkish present-participle -- with examples. en the highest degree of, the most Often used to construct superlatives: iyi, good en iyi, best endişe worry, anxiety endişelenmek, to worry (about someone) engel barrier, obstacle, hindrance engellemek, to prevent, to hinder enteresan interesting enteresan bir konu, an interesting subject -er/-ir ... -mez (-ar/-ır ... -maz) Verbal suffixes used to express 'as soon as --'. Her sabah yatağından kalkar kalkmaz o aynaya bakmadan yere basmazmış. He wouldn't set his foot on the floor without looking in the mirror as soon as he arose every morning. From a Turkish folktale... (111k bytes) An idiomatic exception to the rule... ister istemez, like it or not (30k bytes) "Başbakan Meclis içinden olmalıdır. Çünkü Türkiye'de demokratik sistem oturmamıştır ve demokrasi dışı güçler ister istemez harekete geçebiliyor." 'The [Turkish] Prime Minister must be [selected] from inside [the ranks of] the Turkish Parliament. Because [otherwise], our fragile democracy can be subjected to [unhealthy] foreign influences, whether we like it or not.' Prof. M. Kamalak, Gözcü Gazetesi, 24 November 2002 (188k bytes) erkek man   erken (30k bytes) early Ben sabahleyin [sic] erken kalkarım. I get up early in the morning. (57k bytes) ertesi next, following ertesi gün, the day after eski old, ancient [refers to things, not people -- who are yaşlı when old...] eskiden, in the past formerly Estağfurullah! (30k bytes) Don't mention it, not at all. Click the following link for more insight into this interesting word. eş a match, one of a pair, a wife, a husband, a spouse eşit, equal eşitlik, equality eşsiz, matchless, unique eşek (30k bytes) [a] donkey, [an] ass Eşeğin uzun kulakları var. A donkey has long ears. (41k bytes) Eşşoğlu eşek! You stupid ass! You fool! You idiot! [You son of a donkey!] Note: It's quite a heavy insult in Turkey to call someone 'a son of donkey'. Turkish drivers use it a lot when 'describing' other Turkish drivers. See another instance of its use in the following illustration... (30k bytes) eşek gibi, asine, thoughtless, coarse (30k bytes) eşek inadı, bull-headedness, pig-headedness, mulishness (30k bytes) Son of a Donkey! The Turkish insult, "Eşşoğlu Eşek!" - see above - Click directly on the cartoon for more legibility... Click directly on the cartoon for more legibility... The Lout's snobbish companion: Have you seen Paris? The Lout: Nope. The Lout's snobbish companion: Anyone who hasn't seen Paris is a donkey. The Lout [second panel]: Oh yeah? Has your father seen [Paris]? The Lout's snobbish companion: No... The Lout [third panel]: Well then... that makes you a stupid ass! ['In that case, you're a son of a donkey!' -- which is quite a heavy Turkish insult.] Thanks to: Gözcu/Asabi Gazetesi, Gerçek Yayıncılık A. Ş. (Mehmet Ali Yalçındağ, Owner) and Volkan Atalay, creator of  'Maganda, The Lout'. Ankara 19 January 2002 et meat (general meaning)   etmek to do, to make   ev (30k bytes) house, home Marsha her işgünü saat yedide evden çıkar. Marsha leaves home every workday at seven. (84k bytes) evet yes   evlenmek to marry evlilik, marriage evli, married [-den] evvel before evvelki/evvelsi gün, day before yesterday ezberlemek to memorize   Related Pages: Other Essential 700 Club pages Other Pages with sound files 'Tips' for learning/using Turkish Turkish Doubles Troubles 8 Difficulties of Turkish About Translation Software Personal Turkish Experiences Also Related Pages: Translating Turkish, the basics Conjunction Celebration Turkish Verbs Essential Idioms, Index Essential Suffixes, Index Sentence Structure, Standard Turkish Pronunciation Turkish Accenting Turkish Numbers Revealed NewsReaders' Dictionary, Index Unrelated fun: Maganda, The Racy Turkish Lout -- a risqué illustration of the word zipper Aysel, The Turkish Lout's daughter -- has a sexy job interview technique Ferdi Tayfur - Arabesque (Arabesk) Singing Sensation Turkish Movies - Best-Looking Bad Girl of the 1970s, Sevda Ferdağ Bad Girls of the 1970s Turkish Cinema, Aliye Rona Frequently asked questions about Turkey and the Turkish language llustrated Nargile Users Guide -- and Encyclopedia Our Honda Generator -- A Member of the Family Habibullah and the Great Cannon Caper A simple Turkish 'thing'... 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