Beginner Turkish

Merhaba, adın nedir?

Which one is not a greeting word?

• Günaydın!

• Selam!

• Güle güle!

• Merhaba!

Answer explanation

Güle güle is not a greeting word. It means "go with a smile on your face, go happily".

So you can use it to say goodbye (only if you are the one who is staying).

Turkish is a/an .............. langauge.

• Agglutinative

• Analytic

• Fusional

• Isolating

Answer explanation

Like all of the Turkic languages, Turkish is an agglutinative language.

Which means, grammatical functions are indicated by adding various suffixes to stems.

Which of the following vowels is not a narrow/closed vowel?

• I

• U

• İ

• E

• Ü

Answer explanation

E is an open/wide vowel.

Try to make these words plural:

boncuk

dakika

sene

ceket

saat

Answer explanation

boncuklar

dakikalar

seneler

ceketler

saatler

*saat is a loanword so it doesn't obey 2-way vowel harmony.

Try to write these words with -sız and -lı suffixes.

korku

güç

acı

renk

use "-" in between for each word (e.g: duygusuz - duygulu)

Answer explanation

Korku (fear) = korkusuz - korkulu

Güç (power) = güçsüz - güçlü

Acı (pain) = acısız - acılı

Renk (color) = renksiz - renkli

Which of the options cannot be an answer to the "Nasılsın?" question?

• İyilik sağlık.

• Bomba gibiyim.

• Yuvarlanıp gidiyoruz işte.

• Eline sağlık.

• Sağlığına duacıyım.

Answer explanation

You can use it when you are done

with the food.

Literally, means "may be

health in your hands". We use it to thank

to the person who cooked for their effort.

Choose the wrong match.

• Rica ederim.

  You're welcome.

• Ne demek.

  No problem.

• Hayırlı olsun.

  Best wishes.

• Hoşçakal.

  Welcome.

• Elveda.

  Farewell.

Answer explanation

Hoşçakal means goodbye, take care etc.

How are you feeling today? Please answer in Turkish.

Bugün nasıl hissediyorsun?

Please select the words that obey the hardening rule.

• seçenek

• bahçe

• çekiç

• girdap

• at

Answer explanation

The words end with p-ç-t-k consonants obey hardening rule.

Seçenek

Çekiç

Girdap

At