So friendly turkish cypriot lady

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 14:49

Last week I deceided to give my flat a good old clean as I hadn't done so since I inherited the place. My Downstairs Turkish neighour (she and her family are Turkish settlers) saw me carrying my bucket, mop and variety of cleaning materials.

10 minutes later, to my surprise and joy she joined me with her three children and an array of cleaning materials. She spent 4 hours helping me to clean and then made me a dinner.

How friendly is that. I have never experienced that in the UK. She is a great women. It was difficult to speak as my Turkish is not great and her English is patchy, but I really appreciated her help.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 16:02

hi mark

hope you had a good break had not spoke in a while!!!

you should know thats how us turks are mate always willing to help others even thou we might be the ones who need the help!!!

you would never ever get that in the u.k especially in london where we know what its like (they would not even spit on you if you was on fire)

the old woman prob felt sorry for you thinking you got no partner so she tried to mother you clean-cook surprised she did not try to hook you up with one of the local girls she knows!!!! L.O.L (only joking mate)

regards

erkan

Susie


Joined: 06/06/2007
Posts: 87

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 16:11

Our Turkish neighbours are lovely too. We can only speak a bit of Turkish but they are always smiling, and have helped us out with water and electricy problems.



They live on the ground floor and keep the ground floor area clean, we're on the first floor and when i arrive and get out the mop and broom she appears and together we do the top floor where the flats are empty. Real community spirit!

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 16:21

Dear all,



Nice neighbours indeed. In London your neighbours keep themselves to themselves and usually left dirty!



The language is something that Linda and myself would like to get a better grip on and would be more confident if we had the basics in place before our move to the lovely Island. When we were over on our last trip one of the nice reps advised that the language the TC used was a poorer version of the Turkish language, which she considered it to be "Posh" Please no one take this as an insult, just what we were told.



So if we want to try and get some understanding is it just to use Turkish books, cd's etc or any other. May well be down to a slightly different dialect I suppose.?



All help will be welcomed.



Have a great day.



P.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 17:15

hi tiggy

you are correct about mainland turkish and cypriot turkish

mainland turkish i would not say is posher but it is the correct turkish where cypriot turkish is more slang there are even words used in cyprus that mainland turkish dont use or never heard of

when i first moved over to turkey over 8 years ago i was speaking cypriot turkish even thou the mainland turks could understand me it sounded slang compared to mainland turkish now that i have been living in turkey and picked up mainland turkish whenever im back and forth to cyprus and i speak mainland turkish they look at me like im a mainlander and all my family take the mickey out of me calling me a (kara sakal) which means black beard (thats what the cypriots call turk mainlanders)

if you need any help with the language just post me and ill compose a list for you of basic words and sentances and ill give you a list of good books you can buy

TONIP


Joined: 13/08/2007
Posts: 18

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 17:31

Hi Ukturk I do hope you don"t mind , but l also could do with some help regarding the language, any recommendations, books, or even the best place to go to learn , we thought about going toevening classes once we are out there in November. Thank you.

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 18:22

Hello Erkan,



Yes indeed I would like to take you up on your generous offer. My e-mail home address is on my members information or would you like me to reply direct to you on it?



how about naming the language for Brits etc to learn as TCish!!!!!!



Once again thanks to a real nice person.



Respect.

truffles808


Joined: 16/10/2007
Posts: 183

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 18:36

Ukturk

You have started something here.

I also would appreciate some basic words / sentances. I can count up to 100 [thanks to my daily exercise when I am over - swimming, takes the boredom out of swimming up and down!] This has been helpful - shopping and at the petrol station!!!

Maybe you could set a new thread up for us all.

Regards

Jo

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 18:44

you will get some useful phrases from here



http://www.phpbb88.com/northerncyprus/viewtopic.php?t=4938&mforum=northerncyprus



Maybe we could add our own personal favourites to this thread on cyprus44

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 19:50

Hi Erkan



Yes I do have the blues. I left Cyprus in just a t-shirt to arrive back in London with the temeperature just a above zero degrees. We had to deice my friends car. Today is overcast in London and last week I had continuous sunshine. Never mind. I'll get over it. Oh no I forgot the clocks change this weekend. It will get dark at 4 p.m.

I had a great break though Erkan. Thanks for asking.

My neighbour didn't set me up with one of her friends. Some of the Turkish women are extremely pretty, I have to say

Graham


Joined: 20/10/2007
Posts: 397

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 20:02

If anyone wants to learn basic Turkish or any other languages this is a free down loadable program



http://www.byki.com/



Graham

ilovecyprus


Joined: 08/05/2007
Posts: 2880

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 20:20

Thanks Graham

I will take alook at this

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
22/10/2007 22:40

Graham,

have downloaded above. Excellent and I shall use this to supplement my night school Turkish. Good to be able to hear the correct pronunciation. Thanks.

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
23/10/2007 00:16

hi there guys

oh my gosh!!!! i seem i have started something ok firstly ive provided a link to a online turkish to english dictionary http://www.sozluk.web.tr/

a good starter book is ilkogretim golden print basic words 'ingilizce - turkce sozluk' isbn number 9789754598643

ok now turksih pronunciation the letters below differ from the english pronunciation,

Aa similar to that in far - Ee as in bet - i as in pin - Oo as in note - ö like ur in burn - Uu as in blue - ü like ew in few - Cc like in jelly - ç like ch in chat - Gg hard g in get - ğ silent but lengthens the proceding vowel - Hh as in hen never silent - Jj like the s in pleasure - ş like sh in shape - V soft between v & w



Basics

Bay ~ Mr follows a first name - Bayan ~ Miss precedes first name - Hanim ~ Mrs follows first name polite and used a lot - Usta ~ means tradesman or craftsman follows first name



good morning~günaydin - good afternoon~iyi günler - good evening~iyi akşamlar - good night~iyi geceler - hello~merhaba - yes~evet - no~hayir - please~lütfen - thank you~sağol

your welcome - bir şey değil / how are you - nasilsan / im fine - sağol iyiyim /

excuse me (in a crowd) pardon

today - bugün / tomorrow - yarin / yesterday - dün / later - sonra / in the morning - sabahleyin / in the afternoon - oğlen den sonra / in the evening - akşamleyin



good - iyi / bad - kötü / big - büyük / small - küçük / cheap - ucuz / expensive - pahali / early - erken / geç / hot - sicak / cold - soğuk / enough - yeter /

left - sol / right - sağ / straight - doğru



QUESTIONS

where is the .....? - ...... nerede / when? - ne zaman / how much? - ne kadar/

how many - kaç tane / why - niye / what time is it - saat kaç / what time does it open - kaçta açilicak / what time does it close - kaçta kapanacak / how long will it take - ne kadar sürer



DAYS & MONTHS

sun - pazar / mon - pazartesi / tue - sali / wed - çarşamba / thurs - perşembe

fri - cuma / sat - cumatesi



jan - ocak / feb - subat / march - mart / april - nisan / may - mayis / june - haziran / july - temmuz / august - ağustos / sept - eylül / oct - ekim / nov - kasim / dec - aralik

summer - yaz / winter - kiş



ok guys thats your lot my fingers gettin tired hope this helps!!!!!

if you need any specific words or sentances post me

B&BLondon


Joined: 31/01/2007
Posts: 64

Message Posted:
23/10/2007 02:13

We did an evening class at adult education classes locally in UK. 13 weeks (one night per week) was very good, and TCs are very impressed because we learnt 'posh' Turkish!!

ukturk



Joined: 01/09/2007
Posts: 1974

Message Posted:
23/10/2007 13:55

hi b&b

well done and to tell you the truth it is always better to learn the correct way

ive actually started a new subject on learning turkish if you got any comments or any words/sentances why not add it so the people who dont know can learn a bit

thanks

p.s look forward to see what you have learned!!