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Learning Practical Turkish Site Table of Contents and Index Table of Contents and Index CD owners enjoy complete and direct linking for all the following topics and sub-topics... [A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z] A abi, see ağbey About the Learning Practical Turkish Authors acaba -a/e, To/For case suffixes Accenting General guide to Turkish accenting Pronunciation Guide Turkish Regional Accents [Turkish] Acronyms and abbreviations Adjective Heaven Adana -- Turkish Regional 'Food Kitchen' Adana Kebap [Turkish] Adverbs, ad nauseam Aferin! Affedersiniz. Afiyet olsun! aganigi naganigi -- Turkish euphemisms Agglutination Ağri -- Turkish Regional 'Food Kitchen' Airlines -- Teetotaling flight attendants want passenger alcohol-ban Airlines (THY) and the Non-Alcoholic Tissue-Towels Turkish Alphabet, sounds of Ambiguities of Turkish -- See under 'D', Difficulties of Turkish, Ambiguities American Girls 'and' conjunction -- translating it 'right' and naturally Articles, a, an, the... [News] articles -- see cartoons, news-photos and articles Assonant Doublets (Assonant Hendiadyses) [Turkish] Astrology Aubergine "Tongue Sugar" Awards for Learning Practical Turkish B Battle of the Three Turkish Beauties and the Swimsuit King [Turkish] Beauty Pageant Entertainment For Beginners -- LPT's step-by-step language-learning suggestions... Belly Dancing -- 'To the Turkish Stars...' Bikini Beauty Poll with a surprise result (pictorial) BLOG (Weblog) -- Jim and Peri's blog, about/while living a 'Turkish Life'. Introducing...Habubullah Speaks! Electronic Books and Ebook Readers Overweight after winter -- The Problem Source Overweight after winter -- The Cure Index to all blog entries Books -- The best and the worst Dictionaries [English] Books, CDs, and Tapes -- on the Turkish Language and Turkey Books on Turkish History of books on the Turkish Language and Turkey [Turkish] Books, CDs, Tapes, and Videos -- on the Turkish Language and Turkey Broadband Edition buffer letters -- pronunciation smoothies Business and Economics Terms C Camps and Camping Can Akın's multi-media photo-essays Carpets -- Enter the world of a Turkish carpet merchant (halıcı) Cartoons, news-photos and articles -- that most often illustrate a language point... Driving in Turkey -- The Maganda explains all... "If my wife doesn't go to the Imbeciles Bazaar, then..." -- see pazar Kadınbudu Language-Point, Food Mr. Prime Minister Erdoğan -- one face for the foreign press corps, and... to become professional (at sth) to be defeated/be routed; to defeat/rout Bravo! Good for you! God damn you! You took the words right out of my mouth. to take over a place, do as one pleases to perform (a task) you can't always trust to luck a lot of money... It's a sin. to be the victim of, etc. to be having a hell of a good time to like sth, for sth to be pleasing to take a show on the road, etc. Better than expected... immodest, etc. to prefer she may have aged, but is still goodlooking Çankaya -- a place or a symbol? Cola Wars in Iraq state-subsidized bride and groom 'Tesettürler' Wedding Guests Fashion swimwear for Muslim women and children Friends of Democracy? to appear in, etc. to be amazed, be astonished feather your own nest instantly to decide to attract attention #1 to show off not to give rise to, not to occasion to attract attention #2 There's gotta be a limit...to the limit. bewitched, bothered, and bewildered to ruin, destroy to be superior to to give a 'free kick' for all hell to break loose extremely crowded belly dance magic, idiom, political cartoon to happen, occur, idiom, candid-camera photo insatiably greedy, idiom, political cartoon a windfall, a godsend, idiom, entertainment news-story to rely on the protection of sb, idiom, entertainment news-story stark naked #1, idiom, newsphoto stark naked #2, idiom, newsphoto to make hearts flutter, idiom, newsphoto who is to blame, idiom, political cartoon expressing sarcasm, verb-usage example, news article until the very last minute..., idiom, a lout cartoon a computer is like a man/woman, a lout cartoon crazy love [Mecnun and Leyla], a lout cartoon holey moley! -- [a 'doublets' illustration] It'll nevvver happen... ...English-people dim-witted Astronaut... don't waste your time/effort... extreme measures... fooling yourself... Geopolitical 'Black Comedy' -- Sawed-off Sadaam... Geopolitical 'Black Comedy' -- Petrol Priority... Geopolitical 'Black Comedy' -- ikiz küle... Geopolitical 'Black Comedy' -- ikiz mağaralar... Geopolitical 'Black Comedy' -- terörist... Kara Murat saves the damsel... [The] Little Rascal... Of course... Son of a donkey! Spoiling William Tell... Take your pick... What agreement..? [Turkish m-doublet illustration] What's that supposed to mean? 'Politically Incorrect' and Off-color language-point illustrations... 'It's a thong thing...' [Please observe the 'Off-color' warning!] 'Circumcisions by Master Idris are all the same...' [Please observe the 'Off-color' warning!] 'The ideal job...?' [Please observe the 'Off-color' warning!] disguising with 'thing' [Politically Incorrect] Turkish Funnies and Turkish Funnies II 'Really big troubles...' [Browse cartoon after heeding the warning...] Very Bold Off-color Slurring -- under letters 'A', 'H' and 'S' [Browse cartoon examples after heeding the warning...] Case suffixes -- noun appendages Turkish Character Typing, Keyboard tricks Children (and other newbies), pages for... 'Tykes Terrain' pages 'Hansel and Gretel' pages Cinema Industry, [History of the Turkish] Introduction 'Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films, etc.' Finding Its Legs (1914-1970s) The Top 10 Turkish Movies of All Time The Erotic Films Era (1972-1980) The First All-Turkish 'Gloves-Off Erotik' Movie Index to 'The Catalog of Turkish Movies/Films, etc.' The Cinema Actors, Players. Directors, Producers, Cinematographers, etc. The Directors: Ülkü Erakalın -- plus Yücel Uçanoğlu, Osman F. Seden, Çetin Inanç, Sirri Gültekin, Aram Gülyüz, Semih Evin, Nejat Saydam, Yavuz Figenli, Orhan Elmas, and Atif Yilmaz. The Directors: Naki Yurter The Players: Alev Altın The Players: Cüneyt Arkın The Players: Dilber Ay The Players: Aydemir Akbaş The Players: Aytac Arman The Players: Kamer baba/Kamer Sadık The Players: Çetin Bşaran The Players: Aylın Berkay The Players: Zerrin Doğan The Players: Zerrin Egeliler The Players: Cem Eser The Players: Mehmet Ezici The Players: Recep Filiz The Players: Levent Günsel The Players: Christine/Kristin Haydar The Players: Kazim Kartal The Players: Mine Mutlu The Players: Harika Öncü The Players: Ajda Pekkan The Players: Perizat The Players: Elif Pektaş The Players: Ata Saka The Players: Zafir Seba The Players: Yılmaz Şahin Circumcision Attitudes in Turkey, Page 1 and Page 2 Complaint Letters -- See 'L' below, Letters Compound verbs formed with durmak and kalmak... Computer and Internet Terms Confusions (Ambiguities) -- See under 'D', Difficulties of Turkish, Ambiguities Conjugation, verbs... See V under various verbal headings Conjugator -- Verb Conjugation, Shareware Program The conjunction, 'and' -- translating it 'right' and naturally Conjunction Celebration -- all of the Turkish conjunctions in one 'killer' chart... Conjunctions -- Too Much Terminology? [Essential] Conjunctions ama böyle çünkü diye fakat gerek ... gerek hem ... hem ise (as for) ne ... ne öyle şöyle üstelik ve veya ya ... ya The Consistency and Regularity of Turkish Contributors to Learning Practical Turkish Country, nationality, language, geographical, and historical names -- in Turkish 'Courtroom Comedy' news article, commented translation Culture -- 4 things you shouldn't do in Turkey Culture -- 5 things you should do in Turkey Culture -- Traditions of, 2 favorites Video Clip -- Cultural Traditions, Complete Video Clip -- Cultural Traditions, online mini-version D dağcı ekibi -- a mountain climbing team Danielle Steele writes Turkish stand-alone 'de/da' in conjunction chart stand-alone de/da -- more natural substitutions for 've' ['and'] A de/da conjunction ambiguity, from Shakespeare -de/da, Essential Headwords, suffixes, etc. -de/da, Place Case suffixes defa -- compared with kez, kere, tane... (see explanation at tane) -den/dan, Essential Words, etc. -den/dan, From/Than case suffixes [Turkish-English] Dictionaries, see Redhouse... Divorce -- Turkish Style [The] '-den' suffix '-den' suffix examples Devrik Cümle -- Transposed or Inverted Sentence [Turkish] Dewey Decimal System Difficulties of Turkish Lost articles The '-den' suffix Too may suffixes -- agglutination Conveying Inference and Doubt Expressing yourself in Turkish Too hard vocabulary The Reverse Word Order of Turkish sentences Ambiguities Turkish Ambiguities A de/da conjunction ambiguity, from Shakespeare Ambiguity Avoidance Ambiguity Overdose (Ambiguous) Confusions that may arise Humorous ambiguity -- "Temel's accent mix-up"... Off-color ambiguities Diminutives Diminutive Adjectives Direct Object case suffixes dolmuş -- bus transportation in 700 Club definition/history its role in Barış Manço's Dağlar Dağlar Download Selections Turkish Doublets Introduction Lewis's Doublet Categories -- 1, 2 ,3 ikilemeler Category 4 Doublets Category 5 Doublets Category 6 Doublets Category 7 Doublets Category 8 Doublets Category 9 Doublets M-doublets with an M-doublet surprize! Dubitative, definition durmak, Compound verbs formed with E Ebru Şallı's weight-watching tip Eclipse of the Sun -- 2006 Konya residents are dancing in circles! Map of the Eclipse's path, through Turkey Eclipse's Time Table Solar Eclipse Addicts (and global path map) Efendim? Electronic Books 1 and 2 electric power outages Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire, Multimedia [Turkish] Endearments {SMS] Endearments for Spring 2009 -- for lovers of every stripe [Turkish Personal] Endings/suffixes Personal 'Possessive' Endings/suffixes Personal 'Verbal' Endings/suffixes Essential Turkish, 700 headwords -- plus suffixes, phrases, etc... estağfurullah -- conveying modesty etcetera...(M-doublets) Turkish Euphemisms Everyday phrases/expressions [Turkish] Exclamations The Allah idioms Bismillah Allah Exclamations Printable List Experienced Learners -- language learning-suggestions Exporting Goods to Turkey -- restrictions? Expressing Yourself in Turkish Reverse word order  Ask for details of our full translation service -- provided by expert bilingual native-language speakers... F 'faux-participles' -- see under 'P' [Turkish] Films -- see Cinema Industry, History of 'First Aid' for Tourists [Turkish Truetype] Fonts -- Free download [Turkish] Food and Beverages See 'R' below -- for individual recipes... [Turkish Regional] 'Food Kitchens' -- Introduction The Adana Kitchen The Ağri Kitchen The İzmir Kitchen 'Secrets of the Turkish Kitchen' -- cookbook 'Secrets of the Turkish Kitchen' -- about the authors Food Prices in Turkey -- An October 2000 comparison to Europe Football Terms, in Turkish ofsayt, ofsayt tuzağı [Turkish] 'Fore Names' ('Given Names') Foreign Policy Problem or Economic Boom for Urla 'Free Kick' (Frikik) pages Hülya Avşar Hülya's Competition Tuğba Özay, Sevda Demirel, Hande Ataizi, and others... Real People -- Archeologist Seher Başak Diva Bülent Ersoy İpek Tuzcuoğlu Nilay Dorsa Hande Ataizi -- in the '1st Degree' Tuğba Özay -- at the Izmir Motor Show Fair Ezgi Can Ural -- vacationing in Bodrum Asena's fashion show frikik Yasemin's belly-dancing frikik Sabah's 'Free Kick' Special Real People -- Shopping Accident Real People -- Seben Koçibey Freedom of Speech Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)-- Index page Friends of Learning Practical Turkish frikik -- in the off-color Turkish dictionary From/Than case suffixes, -dan/den/tan/ten [Turkish] Funnies I and Funnies II, Politically INcorrect G [soft Turkish] G, yumuşak-g -- transformed from K Gay Issues in Turkey Gay Pride Gay Vacationers Gay March in Bursa Geography -- [Habibullah's] Newspaper Reader's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Geography, Politics, Modern History, etc. [Turkish] 'Given Names' H Habibullah Speaks! -- Also see BLOG (Weblog) Habibullah's inComplete Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Illustrated Habibullah's debut episode -- The Great Cannon Caper Halıcı (carpent merchant) Hande Ataizi -- Free Kick Competitor Hansel and Gretel folktale, commented translation Happy Birthday Song -- a la Turca style -- via Turkish Terms of Endearment 'D' page Harlem Globetrotters Harmony, vowel Health-related Phrases Hendiadys (Assonant Doublets - ikilemeler) [Translation] 'hint map' -- for Hansel & Gretel folktale, page 1 History of Modern Turkish [General] Historical names -- in Turkish [Ottoman Empire] Historical names -- in Turkish LPT's Home Page [Turkish] Homophobia Awards of 2006 Homemade Yogurt [Our] Honda Generator hookah -- see nargile links Horoscopes in Turkish How to... Translate folktales, Hansel and Gretel Translate newspaper articles - LITE, Courtroom Comedy Say if in Turkish -- see -se- and -sa- Say When in Turkish Spell Out Loud in Turkish Translate Turkish, participles Translate loooong Turkish sentences Type Turkish Characters (with ALT-key combinations) [Spot a] Turkish Verbal Noun [Turkish] Humor An Australian joke, in Turkish A British joke, in Turkish An Irish joke, in Turkish A Mexican joke, in Turkish A Turkish celebrity anecdote, Sezen Aksu The Politically INcorrect Turkish Funnies I and Funnies II... Turkish Humor, page 1... Turkish Humor, page 2... Hülya Avşar Hülya's Tennis frikik flurry # 4 -- with 'cover girl gams' video 2 of 2 Hülya's Tennis frikik flurry # 3 -- with 'cover girl gams' video 1 of 2 Hülya's Tennis frikik flurry # 2 -- with 'poolside strut' video Hülya's Tennis frikik flurry # 1 On the Turkish Who's Who page Gets a critical bashing Gives 'frikik' Sex-for-one scene from Berlin in Berlin [Please observe the 'Off-color' warning...] Hülya's Competition Free Kick Competitor -- Hande Ataizi Free Kick Competitor -- Nilay Dorsa Hülya's still the prettiest woman in show biz... I -i/ü/ı/u, Direct Object case suffixes [Guide to Turkish] Ice Cream -- Part 1 [Guide to Turkish] Ice Cream -- Part 2 idim, idin, idi, idik, idiniz, idiler if -- how to say, in Turkish [see -se- and -sa-] '-ip, -ıp, -üp, -up' conjunction suffixes '-ip, -ıp, -üp, -up' suffixes -- Essential Words, etc. '-ip, -ıp, -üp, -up' suffixes -- substitutions for 've' ['and'] -(y)ıs, -(y)is, -(y)us, -(y)üs, intro to verbal nouns -(y)ıs, -(y)is, -(y)us, -(y)üs, in chart of verbal noun suffixes Turkish Idioms ...beginning with A, B, C, Ç, etc. for all the letters of the Turkish alphabet, for which an idiom exits... Find links to additional idioms' pages on each individual idiom's page -- near page-top and page-bottom. House Favorites "Ali Dibo" -- The birthing of a new Turkish idiom Another Turkish idiom the Government won't like... Turkish Idiom origins -- It's indisputable! Turkish Idiom origins -- To meet with the unexpected Turkish Idiom origins -- I'm outta here! Turkish Idiom origins -- Raw and inexperienced Turkish Idiom origins -- Crafty, not easily fooled Turkish Idiom origins -- To oust somone Turkish Idiom origins -- From iron of the same gun Turkish Tipoffs -- if ikilemeler (Assonant Doublets) 'ile' -- more natural substitutions for 've' ['and'] illustrations, language-point...See 'Cartoons, etc.' Imported Goods -- restrictions? -in/ün/ın/un, Possessive case suffixes -ince, the suffix, a substitute for 'when' Incirlik -- in Adana Province Inference and doubt, expressing Intensive Adjectives For Intermediate Learners International Study with an outhouse smell Internet Survival Kit "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Is Google Adsense Dead? Internet Links, our online website links Internet Survival Kit -- Turkish ADSL Chronicles # 1 Internet Survival Kit -- Why 'Internet Explorer' dominates in Turkey Internet Survival Kit -- the right tools for the job Intimate Turkish index Inverted Sentence -- Devrik Cümle or Transposed Sentence Internet and Computer Terms İzmir -- Turkish Regional 'Food Kitchen' K kalmak, Compound verbs formed with Kara Mustafa Paşa -- exclusive article ! k transformation to ğ Kasımpaşa (İstanbul) How Kasımpaşa got its name... Off Color Idiom -- Very Bold Sikimden aşağa, Kasımpaşa. Kayahan, Turkish Pop Singer -ken, the suffix, a substitute for 'when' Turkish-keyboard diagram Turkish-keyboard typing tutor program Multi-language keyboard support package for Turkish Keyboard tricks, Turkish Character Typing 'Kendi' -- the 'self' pronoun kere and kez -- compared with defa and tane (see explanation at tane) ki, the stand-alone conjunction ki the conjunction vs. the suffix ki [Food] Kitchens -- Turkish Regional [Adana] Kitchen L '-la' and '-le' suffixes -- more natural substitutions for 've' ['and'] Language and Keyboard Support Package for Turkish Language, nationality, country, and historical names -- in Turkish Language-point cartoons, see under C, Cartoons Language Learning Aids -- On the Downloads Page Language Usage -- words and behavior to avoid when speaking Turkish Letters Complaint Letter, English version -- Bad Building Contractor Complaint Letter, Turkish version -- Bad Building Contractor Complaint Letter, English version -- Bad Tour Operator Complaint Letter, Turkish version -- Bad Tour Operator LGBTT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transvestite, Transexual) issues -- see 'Gay Issues' [Turkish] Library Page like -- Turkish Tipoffs Links to other sites of interest Lip Plumping Losing weight after winter 1 and 2 [The] Lout cartoons I and Lout cartoons II -- Politically Incorrect Turkish (More Maganda, The Lout Cartoons dealing with specific language or cultural points may be found in the Cartoons Section above.) Love talk... Turkish song lyrics M M doublets m-doublet language point illustration -mak/-mek -- verbal infinitives, see verb links Maps and map-like illustrations (most often in Turkish or partially in Turkish) Benin (West Afica) Bhutan Turkish capital investments in the old 'Eastern Block' countries Iraqi demographic map -- mapped just before 'Iraqi Freedom' War, 2003 'Today in History' -- 8 May 1824 Rome Hawaiian Islands Baghdad Syria North Korea Caucasus mountain range Damascus Jerusalem Divided Cyprus U.S. Marine Infantryman -- in full battle gear Air Raid on Oahu, Hawaii (Pearl Harbor) -- 7 December 1941 Qatar Çanakkale environs -- 18 March 1915 Sudan Modern-day Mid-East Conflicts or Interventions Mid-East Petroleum and Fresh Water Resources Mid-East Religious interactions Aegean Sea coast South African regional map Şanlı Urfa province of Turkey Country Map -- The Philippines Regional Map -- Mesoamerica [Mexico and Central America] City map -- Barcelona, Spain [and adjacent countries] Regional map -- Nepal including some 'vital statistics' Pacific Ocean near San Francisco Topographical map of Türkiye (Turkey) Iraq Afghanistan-Pakistan map Caspian Region map The Dardanelles (The Hellespont) Ottoman history map, 1326 to 1683 Battle of Ankara, 1402 Constantinople siege map, 1453 Map of Europe (Avrupa), 1520 Suleyman the Magnificent's Empire, 1566 Ottoman Egypt and surrounding territories, 19th Century Modern day map of Topkapı Palace Map of Harem in Topkapı Palace [Translation] 'hint map' -- for Hansel & Gretel folktale, p. 1 Marriage -- What happened when 'Our Jen' met the youngblood, Ibo? Marvin and Mabel speak out: About the so-called Turkish verb 'to be' Pillow-talkin' at Marvin and Mabel's seaside Shrangri-La... They're at it again... about Turkish 'given names' And adverbs... Marvin does grass Family-background checks Conjunctions Adjectives (1 and 2) Doublets, 1, 2, and 3 Essential words, 1 and 2 Estağfurullah Idioms -- Letter 'A' Idioms -- Letter 'Z' Lost Articles Mediha Hanım Music Numbers Tongue Twisters Translating Turkish (1 and 2) Troubles in Paradise Verbal Nouns maşallah Math and Science Terms Mature Foreign British Brides -- and the Turkish men they love Mature Foreign Swedish Brides -- and the Turkish men they love Mecnun and Leyla -- a favorite Turkish idiom with an illustrative cartoon Media names Turkey's #1 Entertainer Medical Phrases Mediha Hanım's Turkish Library Page [Kitchen] Measurements Memorization Method -- for Turkish words and phrases Merry Turkish Widows, What they Want... -miş suffix -miş, suffix used for inference and doubt used in definite, not doubtful, sense -- Example 1 used in definite, not doubtful, sense -- Example 2 Mobile telephone SMS text messages [Romantic] Modern Turkish modesty, conveying it with -- estağfurullah Mother's Day Salutations mountain climbing -- Turkish team set to ascend Mount Everest [Turkish] Movies -- see Cinema Industry, History of muhtar -- local Turkish leader Multi-language Support Package for Turkish (and other regional languages) Multi-lingual Turks Turkish Music, selections and translations Kayahan Tarkan Zeki Müren Mustafa Sarıgül - CHP Political Figure from Şişli N Names -- Turkish personal-names, baby-names, and surnames -- The 'Most Popular' Ones Names -- Turkish Personal Names -- an update Nargile (Hookah, Hubble Bubble) Ten Best Nargile Smoking Salons Nargile mini-encyclopedia -- picture-guide to nargile parts, accessories, assembly and usage Nargile Nirvana -- Turkish water pipes make a modern day comeback! Nargile sizes, weights, pricing list n -- buffer letter, a pronunciation smoothy Nasreddin Hoca, selected stories Nasreddin Hoca -- origin of idiom, "If he goes up in a tree..." Nationality, language, country, geographical, and historical names -- in Turkish Negative verb or Verbal noun? News-photos and articles -- see cartoons, news-photos and articles Newspaper Reader's Encyclopedic Dictionary Nilay Dorsa -- Free Kick Competitor -nin/nün/nın/nun, Possessive case suffixes NoPal Horror-story Not the Verb 'to be' -- see 'V' Numbers, Numerals -- all the ways there are to use numbers in Turkish... O Off Color Turkish Off-color ambiguities Off-color, foreign surnames Off-color, spoken Off-color, text only Orhan Pamuk Bittersweet Nobel Prize Winner Pamuk's entry in "Who's Who in Turkey" Ottoman Empire Encyclopedia, Illustrated P Turkish palindromes  Pamela and Tommy Lee -- dialog 'faux-participles' Definition of... Example in 'Past'... Example in 'Future'... Another example And another Participles Definiton of Participle, with example Making a Turkish Present Participle Present Participle Example Table Making an (Aorist) Wide Tense, Type 'A' Participle (Aorist) Wide Tense, Type 'A' Participle Example Table Making an (Aorist) Wide Tense, Type 'B' Participle (Aorist) Wide Tense, Type 'B' Example Table Making a 'Past Personal' Participle 'Past Personal' Participle Example Table Example -- Mixed 'Past Personal' and 'faux-participles' Making a 'miş-Past' Participle 'miş-Past' Participle Example Table Making a Future Participle Future Participle Example Table Making a 'Future Personal' Participle 'Future Personal' Participle Example Table Example -- Mixed 'Future Personal' and 'faux-participles' PayPal -- see NoPal Horror-story Personal Endings, Comparison Chart Personal Experiences about Turkey [Turkish] 'Personal Names' ('Given Names') Personal 'Possessive' Endings/suffixes, definition Personal 'Possessive' Endings, 'oddball uses' Personal Turkish Experiences -- in our visitors' own words! Personal 'Verbal' Endings/suffixes, definition Pheromones -- Why some people smell so good... Phone text messages [Romantic 'Cell/Mobile] Phrases for... Medical/Health-related situations Distressing situations Threatening situations All about Turkish 'Pizza' Place Case suffixes, -da/de/ta/te Place names (and nationality, language, country, and historical names) in Turkish Poet's Corner -- Tryin' to translate poetry... Police -- need Turkish too! Political Correctness, Turkish Language collides with [Turkish] Political Parties -- Right, Left, Center? Political Turks 'Politically Incorrect' Funnies I and Funnies II Polls a la Turque Pop Language Quiz Pop Music Stars -- hit the jackpot! Possessive case suffixes, -in/ün/ın/un Turkish Postpositions, English prepositions ait; alt, altına, altında; ara(sında),arasına; arka(da), arkasında, arkasına; (-den) aşağı (-den) başka -ceğiz; -civar(ında) -ci, -çi, -cı, -çı, -cu, -çu, -cü, -çü -de, -da; dek; -den, -dan; (-den) dolayı -e, -a; (-den) evvel gibi için; içinde; ile; ile ilgili; ise; itibaren kadar; karşı; (y)ken -le, -la önde, önünde; öte -e/-a rağmen -se/-sa; -siz, etc. ters; tıpkı (a rare Turkish preposition) üstünde; üzere; üzeri yakında; yanında; -ye, -ya; yönünden zaman; zıt power outages, electric Prefixes -- for Intensive Adjectives and Adverbs Prepositions, see Postpositions... Pretty Good Pronoun Charts Profile of the Turkish People Pronunciation [Turkish] Accenting Pronunciation Curiosities How Turks Learn to Pronounce English Spoken Pronunciation Guide Textual Pronunciation Guide The undocumented N-letter exception When you pronounce whole words in Turkish... Proverbs and idioms for lovers and friends Q Quiz, Pop Language R Rakı Rakı's Story Rakı -- in the Ottoman Age Encyclopedia Ramadan/Ramazan Fable -- The Fox, The Wolf, and the Leg of Deer Real People -- see Frikik [Food] Recipes Tavuklu Bamya (Rich Chicken and Okra) -- in English Turkish 'Pizza' Sütlaç -- Rice Pudding, Turkish-Style Kısır -- Cold Bulgur Salad - in Turkish Kısır -- Cold Bulgur Salad - in English Coban Salatası -- Shepherd's Salad -- in Turkish Coban Salatası -- Shepherd's Salad -- in English Perihanın Patates Salatası -- Perihan's Potato Salad Carrot Sauté with Garlic Yogurt Sucuk -- Spicy Turkish Sausage Adana Kebap Redhouse, a brief history of 'the best Turkish-English dictionaries on earth'... Reflexive pronouns -- 'self' charts Regions of Turkey -- 'Food Kitchens' The Regularity and Consistency of Turkish religious subterfuge (takiye) Reverse Turkish Word Order Romance Romance, Love, and Sex Matters -- Lovers in the Spotlight Romance, Love, and Sex Matters -- The 'Lying Eyes Club' of Turkey #3 of  3 Romance, Love, and Sex Matters -- The 'Lying Eyes Club' of Turkey #2 of  3 Romance, Love, and Sex Matters -- The 'Lying Eyes Club' of Turkey #1 of  3 Romantic Idioms and Proverbs Romantic Phone Text-messages Terms of Endearment Rugs -- Enter the world of a Turkish carpet merchant (halıcı) S s -- buffer letter, pronunciation smoothy Saddam Hussein Bio -- in Turkish, with commented English translation Sarıgül, Mustafa - CHP Political Figure from Şişli Schools (incl. Tömer -- 2002 Scheduling/Pricing Info) Secretary of State kissing-cousins with PM Erdoğan 'Secrets of the Turkish Kitchen' -- cookbook 'Secrets of the Turkish Kitchen' -- about the authors Seda Sayan sings 'Evleneceksen, gel' (If you'll marry, come) -- a rousing Arabesque vocal (online) 'self', how to express the meaning of -sene, -senize, -sana, -sanıza (Commands formed by conditionals) Sexuality Survey of Turkey, Hürriyet Gazetesi 2005 Introduction From whom did you receive your first sexual information? How would you describe your first sexual experience? Shopping Tip -- for the Turkish Bazaar Bad Western 'Sign Language' Singaporean Tourists, Personal Experience (in 3 parts) Slurring in Turkish Bold Off-color Slurring -- under letters 'H' and 'S' [Browse cartoon examples after heeding the warning...] SMS Mobile telephone text messages [Romantic] Sneezing Etiquette in Turkey Solar Eclipse Maps & Time Table 2006 Links to Sounds of Specialty Turkish Translations -- News Article, Courthouse Comedy, headlines Translations -- Children's Folktale, Hansel and Gretel, page 1 Translations -- Children's Folktale, Hansel and Gretel, page 2 Essential Turkish Headwords Turkish accenting Sounds of the Turkish Alphabet Business and Economic terms Internet and Computer Math and Science Face the Turkish Music Off Color Turkish -- spoken Every day Turkish words and phrases, just a few... Turkish Tongue Twisters Turkish songs, selections and translations Spa for detox or he-tox? 'Out Loud' Word Spelling [Turkish] Spelling Checker/Proofer -- for Office 2000 users Step-by-step language learning-suggestions-- for 'beginners'... Statistics a la Turque Turkish Suffixes General Agglutination Case suffixes -- noun appendages (see individual suffixes) Commands formed by conditionals (-sene, -senize, -sana, -sanıza) The Suffix 'den' The Suffix '-den biri' More Examples Sentences -- the 'den' Suffix -dik-, -diğ-, -dikçe -ince, a substitute for 'when' -ken, another substitute for 'when' Turkish Personal Endings/suffixes Personal Endings, definitions Personal 'Verbal' Endings/suffixes Personal 'Possessive' Endings/suffixes Personal Endings, Comparison Chart -miş suffix Personal 'Possessive' Endings, 'oddball uses' -se- and -sa- [the if-conditionals] 700 Club entry A Temel language-point joke -- in an avalanche of  ifs an if tipoff Suffix substitutions for 've' ['and'] -- (including de/da, ip/ıp, and ile (le/la)) Verbal noun suffixes, brief intro Verbal noun suffixes chart Also see the individual alphabetic letter entries, and some of the entries at Conjunctions, and the entries at Postpositions... Summer of '98 -- an article for the 'Writer On-line' website T -ta/te, Place Case suffixes -tan/ten, From/Than case suffixes takiye (religious subterfuge) tane -- compared with defa, kez, and kere. Tarkan Turkish pop-singer... bio, song lyrics, song clips An offer Tarkan couldn't refuse? Tarkan's First all-English Pop Music album Telephone, Mobile SMS text messages [Romantic] Television -- A Whopper of a Turkish TV Blooper Television -- Yaprak Dökümü (Shedding Leaves), Hit TV Series Tell-tale signs of Verbal Nouns Temel -- Turkish Humor Terms of Endearment diminutives Test, Language (Pop Language Quiz) Text-intensive Pages Business and Economic Terms Everyday phrases/expressions Devrik Cümle -- Transposed or Inverted Sentence Internet and Computer Terms Math and Science Terms -- now with sound! Off Color Turkish Pop Language Quiz Pronunciation Guide Pretty Good Pronoun Charts Terms of Endearment -- now with sound! 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Future, Dubitative Compound -- gelecekmisim; it's said that I'm going to come... Future in the past -- gelecektim; I was going to come (about to come...) Future Perfect (Past in the Future) -- gelmiş olacağım; I shall/will have come... Future Perfect Continuous -- gelmekte olacağım; I shall have been coming... Simple Future -- geleceğim; I will come... Imperative Mood -- gel, gelin, geliniz; [you] come... Necessitative, Past Narrative Compound -- gelmeliydim; I should have come, I ought to have come Necessitative, Simple Tense -- geleceğim; I will come... Other Necessitative -- gelmem gerekiyor; I have to come (my coming is necessary)... Opative, Simple Tense -- gelsem; if I come... Past Continuous Compound Narrative Tense -- geliyordum; I was coming... Past, Definite -- geldim; I came, I did come... Past Definite, Compound Conditional -- geldiysem; if I came, if I have come... Past, Dubitative Compound (a tense for sarcasm) -- gelmişmişim; It's said that I had come... Past Dubitative, Compound Conditional -- gelmişsem; if I have come... Past Perfect Compound Narrative Tense -- gelmiştim; I had come... Past Perfect, Continuous -- gelmekteydim (gelmekte idim); I had been coming... (Timeless) Past, Simple Compound Narrative Tense -- gelirdim; I would come, I used to come... Present Continuous Conditional -- geliyorsam; If I am coming... Present Continuous Simple -- geliyorum; I am coming... Present Dubitative Continuous -- geliyormuşum; It's said that I'm coming... Present Dubitative Simple Tense -- gelirmişim;It's said that I would come (used to come)... Present Perfect Continuous Tense -- gelmekteyim; I have been coming... Present Simple Compound Conditional... -- gelirsem; If I come, if I should/would come... Subjunctive -- Past, Compound Reportative (a tense for literature) -- geleymisim; I wished I'd come... Subjunctive -- Past, Conditional -- Keşke ... gelseydim -- If only I had come...; I wish I had come... 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[Reverse] Word Order [Standard] Word Order Writing Letters -- See 'L' above, Letters Y y -- buffer letter, pronunciation smoothy -ya/ye, To/For case suffixes Yaprak Dökümü (Shedding Leaves), Hit TV Series -yi/yü/yı/yu, Direct Object case suffixes -(y)ıs, -(y)is, -(y)us, -(y)üs, intro to verbal nouns -(y)ıs, -(y)is, -(y)us, -(y)üs, in chart of verbal noun suffixes Yogurt 'Yok' and 'Var' Yumuşak-g, transformed from k yüzme -- verbal noun or negative verb?