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Turkish	English	Examples, supplements, and explanations
S (~36 entries)
-s-	A Buffer Letter -- used for indirect 'possession' involving pronouns and with compound nouns.
saat	an hour time of day clock, watch, timepiece *Man discovers how to tell time...* Left click for cartoon enlargement and translation.	Bir saatte altmış dakika var. There are 60 minutes in an hour. Saat kaç? What time is it? Saat kaçta? Saat beşte. At what time? At five o'clock. bir saat evvel, as soon as possible
saç	hair
saçma	nonsense, absurd, absurd remark	Saçmalama! Don't talk nonsense! saçma sapan konuşmak, to talk nonsense saçmak, to scatter saçma, scattering [verbal noun]
sabah	morning	Sabahleyin erken kalkar mısınız? Do you get up early in the morning?
sadece	only
sağ	alive, living, heathy right, on the right sound, strong, solid safe, reliable	sağlık, health Sağlık olsun. Good health is more important than anything else. [lit.: Let there be health.] Sağa bak! Eyes right! Sağ ol. [Sağ olun/olunuz.] Thank you. Used among friends or good acquaintances -- it's the more informal (though frequently used) way to say 'thank you'. sağduyu, common sense Sağduyu kullan! Use common sense! sağlama, providing, ensuring sağlamak, to provide, to ensure
saklamak	to hide, to conceal
sanmak	to think, believe
sarı	yellow	sarı çizmeli Mehmet Ağa, an unknown person, just anybody, a nobody sarımsı, sarımtırak, yellowish
satmak	sell	satın almak, to buy
savaş	war
saygı	respect	Saygılarımla, Very Truly Yours [a letter sign off] saymak, to count, to respect; Kağıtlarınızı sayın. Count your cards. Öğretmenini say! Respect your teacher! Tam zamanındayım! I'm on time! Pek sayılmaz. Not quite [on time].
-se, -sa	if Also see eğer. As well as ise.	İşin yolunda giderse padişahın kızını bile alırsın. If you just get going you can even marry the Sultan's daughter.
sebze	vegetable
seçme, seçiş	choosing, selecting, choice	seçmek, to choose, to elect
sen [seni, sana]	you
sene	year
serbest	free, open, unobstructed
serin	cool	Kasım ayı serindir. November is a cool month.
sert	hard, tough
ses	sound, noise, voice	ses getirmek, to publicize
sevmek	to love	Seni seviyorum, I love you. sevgi, love
seyretmek	to view (television, for example)
sıcak	hot	Temmuz ayı sıcaktır. The month of July is hot.
silah	weapon	silahlar, weaponry nükleer silahlar, nuclear weapons
-sin, -sın, -sun, -sün, -siniz, -sınız, -sunuz, -sünüz	Suffixes meaning "You are"...	Yorgunsun. You're tired. Yorgunsunuz. You're tired. [plural or formal]
siyasa	politics	siyasi, political, politician siyasal, political siyaset, politics
siz	you (plural or formal)
-siz/-sız/-süz/-suz	a suffix meaning 'without'	acısız, painless (without pain) alkolsüz, non-alcoholic (without alcohol) benzersiz, unique (without similarity) duygusuz, unfeeling, insensitive (without feeling)
soğuk	cold	Şubat ayı soğuktur. The month of February is cold.
sokak	street
sokmak	to insert in, to let in, [for an insect or snake] to bite
sol	left
son	end, conclusion	Sokağın sonunda bir lokanta var. There's a restaurant at the end of the street. son defa, the last time son derece, extremely son söz, the last word sonsuz, endless, eternal sonsuza dek/değin, eternally sonsuza kadar, forever (-den) sonra, after; İşten sonra eve gidiyorum. I'm going home after work. sonrası, past sonunda, finally, in the end, at the end
soru	question	soru sormak, to ask; Yargıca bir soru sor. Ask the judge a question. sorun, problem sorumlu, responsible for sorumluluk, responsibility
soymak	to peel to undress to rob	Koşun, hırsız bakkalı soymuş. Run get him, a thief is robbing the grocer. (Only on CD)
söz	promise or remark, word	söz vermek, to promise
söylemek	to say, tell, speak, sing	şarkı söylemek, to sing a song
su	water	su gibi, just wonderful, really nice
sürmek	to drive, to go on, to take time	Ahmed her hafta İzmire kamyon sürer. Ahmed drives a truck to Izmir every week. sürücü, driver (e.g., automobile driver or software driver) sürekli, continual, continuous sürekli olarak, continually, continuously sürüklenmek, to be dragged, to drag on
susamak	to get or be thirsty	Susadım. I'm thirsty.
süt	milk	süt annesi a wet nurse