51 Common Turkish Phrases – StoryLearning (2024)

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What do Turkish people say after shower? ›

Sıhhatler Olsun! This is another "good health" sort of phrase, but its use, to me, is seriously on point. It was originally just used after people had had a shower or bath to basically give them a pleasant blessing as to not catch a cold.

People commonly greet each other by saying “Nasilsiniz” (How are you?) or “Merhaba” (Hello). The Islamic greeting is “Asalamu alaykum” (Peace be upon you).

The US Foreign Service Institute ranked all the languages based on difficulty. Then, they assigned a number for how long it takes to master it, and Turkish may surprise you. According to them, Turkish is a category IV language. This means that you need 44 weeks, or 1100 hours to reach Turkish fluency.

Merhaba (Hello) or Sana da merhaba (Hello to you, too) are good replies to a casual merhaba. Other time-specific greetings such as good morning, good day, and good night, can be answered with the same phrase. The only difference is in answering Selamun aleyküm.

In addition of kissing the hand, the kissed hand is raised and touched on the forehead of the kissing person. That means "I respect you, you have a place on top of my head." As retaliation for that gesture, the elder ones say some words praising the young one and/or kiss the young one on his/her cheeks or head.

Gabriella: A loanword from Italian meaning “bathroom” in Turkish.

The most interesting laws of Turkey

- The mayor of Ephesus banned women in the city from wearing high-heeled shoes. - The city halls of Istanbul and Bodrum have banned swimming in the sea in underwear. - It is also forbidden to use photos of girls in swimsuits on advertising billboards in Istanbul.

1- Teşekkür ederim.

In Turkish, “Thank you” is Teşekkür ederim. The first word, teşekkür, means “thankfulness.” After this comes ederim, meaning “give.” All together, that's Teşekkür ederim.

The longest word in the Turkish language used in a text is muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine which has 70 letters. It is derived from the noun muvaffakiyet ('success') and means 'As though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsuccessful ones'.

What is the basic word order in Turkish? ›

The typical Turkish word order is SOV (Subject-Object-Verb), which means that the subject comes first, followed by an object, and then a verb.

The longest word in the Turkish language used in a text is muvaffakiyetsizleştiricileştiriveremeyebileceklerimizdenmişsinizcesine which has 70 letters. It is derived from the noun muvaffakiyet ('success') and means 'As though you are from those whom we may not be able to easily make into a maker of unsuccessful ones'.