Turkish Language

Turkish is a very unique language in my opinion. It belongs to Altaic language family, which are basically languages spoken in Southeastern Europe and Western China. Since Turkish does not belong to the Indo-European language family, understanding the language will not be so easy for me. However, this short time that I have been studying Turkish I have begun to start pronouncing "c" as "j" whenever I read Turkish text. Turkish is a tricky language...

The Turkish language uses the Latin alphabet, which is the same alphabet we use for English. However, there are 6 more letters that play a role of vast importance in the language.

Aa
Bb
Cc -  As in j, in jump
Çç - As ch, in church
Dd
Ee
Ff
Gg
Ğğ - This letter is called the yumuşak (YOU-Moo-Shak) it is a "Soft g sound"
Hh
Iı - ( BEWARE this is not an i ) this letter makes a "uh sound"
İi
Jj
Kk
Ll
Mn
Nn
Oo
Öö - as in "eu"
Pp
Rr
Ss
Şş - as in "sh"
Tt
Uu
Üü - as in "uber"
Vv
Yy
Zz

Merhaba - Hello (MAre-Ha-BA)

Güle Güle - Goodbye (ghoul-lay ghoul-lay) This form of goodbye is said by the person that stays.

Hoşçakal - Goodbye ( Hosh-Cha-kawl) This form of goodbye is said by the person that leaves.

Lütfen - Please (Loot - Fen)

Teşekkür  ederim - Thank you (te-she-kewr e-de-reem)

Birşey değil - You're welcome (beer-shay de-eel)

Evet - Yes (e-vet)

Hayır - No (ha-yuhr)