Handbook

Many travelers are intimidated because they "don't speak the language." For westerners, Turkish is probably a difficult language to learn, but many Turks are multilingual (especially those in the markets and shops) so travel is no problem. Turkish, a Ural-Altaic language is the official language. Arabic and Kurdish are also spoken. You might hear French, and returning Turks might be speaking German.

English	Turkish	Pronunciation
Yes	Evet	ehveht
No	Hayir	hahyir
Please	Lutfen	lewtfehn
Thank you (very)	(Cok) Tesekkur ederim	tehshehkk'ewr ehdehreem
That's all right	Birsey degil	beershey dehg'eel
Hello	Merhaba	mehrhhahbah
Where	Nerede	nehrehdeh
When	Ne zaman	neh zahmahn
What	Ne	neh
How	Nasil	nahssil
How much	Ne kadar	neh kahdar
How many	Kac tane	kahch tahneh
What's this called	Bunun adi ne	boonoon ahdi neh
Do you speak English	Ingilizce biliyor musunuz?	eeng'eeleezjeh beeleeyor moossoonooz
I understand	Anliyorum	ahnliyoroom
I don't understand	Anlamiyorum	ahnlahmiyoroom
I'd like	... istiyorum	... eesteeyoroom
I'm hungry	Aciktim	ahjiktim
I'm thirsty	Susadim	soossahdim
Big/small	buyuk/kucuk	bewyewk'/k'ewchewk'
Cheap/expensive	ucuz/pahali	oojooz/pahhahli
Beautiful/ugly	Guzel/cirkin	g'ewzehi/cheerk'een
I go	Ben (I) gidiyorum

1	bir	6	alti	10	on	20	yirmi	70	yetmis
2	iki	7	yedi	11	on bir	30	otuz	80	seksen
3	uch	8	sekiz	12	on iki	40	kirk	90	doksan
4	dort	9	dokuz	13	on uch	50	elli	100	yuz
5	besh			14	on dort	60	altmis	1000	bin