2nd Edition

Colloquial Turkish The Complete Course for Beginners

By Jeroen Aarssen, Ad Backus Copyright 2001
348 Pages
by Routledge

348 Pages
by Routledge

Colloquial Turkish provides a step-by-step course in Turkish as it is written and spoken today. Combining a user-friendly approach with a thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively in Turkish in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the language is required. Key features include: •... Read more
Introduction 1 1 Nasilsin? How are you? 2 Tatil yapiyoruz We're on holiday 3 Nerede? Where? 4 Muhallebicide At the cake shop 5 Kac yasindasin? How old are you? 6 Ali 'nin yeni evini goerdun mu? Have you seen Ali's new house? 7 Yedide gideceg iz We'll leave at seven 8 Sizi bekleriz! We're expecting you! 9 Dedikodu yapma! Don't gossip! 10 Tekrarlama Review 11 Cok deg ismis She has changed a lot 12 Zengin olsam . If I were rich 13 Gecmis olsun! Get well soon 14 Sayin oegrencilerimizin dikkat edecegi hususlar Matters to which our respected students should pay attention, 15 Size oeg retip oeg retemediklerimiz 241 The things we could and couldn't teach you, Ready-reference grammar, Key to exercises, English-Turkish glossary, Turkish-English glossary, Index

Biography

Ad Backus is a researcher at the Department of Linguistics, Tilburg University. Jeroen Aarssen is a researcher at the Centre for Studies of Multilingualism, Tilburg University.

‘If you want to get to grips further with any of the [European] languages, Routledge’s Colloquial series is the best place you could start.’ Rough Guide to Europe