Hello everybody! My name is Murat, I'm Istanbul city host
and Turkey destination expert of JayWay Travel. Today I would like to teach you some Turkish
words, phrases and expressions that you could use during your travels here in Turkey and make
the local people very happy. Before we start I would like to add: Turkish is a language that
is pronounced as it's spelled - except for one exception which we'll come to that later on.
Let us start with basics - greetings. Hello.
Hello is "Merhaba" in Turkish. "Merhaba" is always a good starter for
your conversation with the locals. Hello - "merhaba".
Good day. Good day is "iyi günler".
"İyiyim" means good and you will hear it in other expressions as well.
Such as when someone asks you how are you doing and you want to say "I'm good" you would say
"İyiyim". So "İyiyim"
as good - you will hear it in Turkey pretty much all the time.
Next word is "how are you".
So there's two way of asking this question it's either: "Nasılsınız?"
Or an informal way it will be "Naber?".
Either way is fine but the most common one would be of course "Nasılsınız?".
Again if someone asks you "Nasılsınız?" then you could easily respond it
with "İyiyim" which is I'm well, I'm good. Again, coming back to "İyiyim".
Thank you is Teşekkür ederim!
I know this is a bit tricky one and it's a longer one but this is how we use,
but we have other way of saying this as well. For example instead of "thank you very much"
you could also say "thanks" which would be "Teşekkürler".
"Teşekkürler" means "thanks".
So if you're looking for a shorter version or
maybe easier version of saying thanks that will be "Sağ ol" - and here,
this is the exception of the Turkish language. The G in the middle is silent G and makes the
vowel that comes before it a bit longer. As in "sAğ ol" as if the A sound is longer.
It's the effect of the silent G in Turkish language.
And when you say thanks then you will hear "rica ederim" as an answer. Which means you are welcome
"Rica ederim." means "you are welcome".
How do we say "please" in Turkish? We say "lütfen".
"Excuse me" can be a little bit tricky because we say "özür dilerim"
In English those sounds might not be familiar to you.
But "özür dilerim" means "excuse me" in Turkish.
Let me give you a hint: if you say "pardon" like they would do in France,
that will be widely accepted and used as well. So you can get away with "pardon"
instead of "özür dilerim" if you think "özür dilerim" is way too long for you.
How do we say "yes" or "no". We say "evet" for yes.
"Evet" means "yes" and "no" would be "hayır". It's almost like the superlative of
high - "higher" but there will be more emphasis on the A. So it's "hayır".
"Cheers" is an easy word. We call it "şerefe".
There's two explanation of this word one of them means "to
honor" - to honor everybody at the table. But in Persian language "sher" means evil
and "efe" means the things that should be kept distant.
So in Persian means "let's keep the evil out of this table".
Goodbye is "Görüşürüz". I know it's not easy to say it.
But let's try it one more time - "Görüşürüz". Yeah, I accept.
It's a bit tricky.
But you can get away with saying "bye bye" - like it's in United States or in UK.
I hope this video prepares you for your trip in Turkey with JayWay Travel where you leave
organization and planning to the experts and you enjoy your lifetime adventure to the fullest.
This is it from me - Teşekkürler ve görüşürüz!