LingoflyTurkish phrasebook
A Turkish phrasebook arranged by situation, not alphabetically: introductions, cafés, directions. Each has both sides' lines, so you understand not only what to say but what you will be told back.
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teşekkürler
thanks
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teşekkürler
- please (for requests)
- hello
- thanks
- hi
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teşekkürler
thanks
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Yardımın için ___
Thanks for your help
- selam
- merhaba
- teşekkürler
- lütfen
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teşekkürler
thanks
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Conversations by situation
- 💬Meeting peopleA chat with a neighbor
- 💬At the caféOrdering at a café in Istanbul
- 💬How to get thereLooking for the train station
- 💬Bargaining at the marketHaggling at the vegetable market
- 💬We need a repairmanCalling the landlord
- 💬At the pharmacyTalking to the pharmacist
- 💬Weather and plansTwo people making weekend plans
- 💬What do you do for work?Talking about work at a birthday party
- 💬In the check-in lineThe check-in desk at the airport
- 💬A boat tourBargaining with a boatman in a small harbor
- 💬At the shoe storeA shoe store, buying sneakers
- 💬You seem downFriends talking about their mood
- 💬What shall we cook for dinner?Two people cooking dinner in the kitchen
- 💬The internet is downCalling internet provider support
- 💬At the museum ticket officeThe museum ticket desk
- 💬Morning runFriends arranging a jog in the park
- 💬There's a wedding on SaturdayTwo people discussing a wedding invitation
- 💬How old is your nephew or niece?Neighbors talking about children and age
- 💬Which department did you get into?Two people meet after the admission results are announced
- 💬An hour at the bankA customer at a bank branch asks about a loan
- 💬My fever won't go downA doctor's appointment at the clinic
- 💬At the job interviewA job interview at a company
- 💬We saw the apartmentA couple discussing the apartment after a viewing
- 💬Return it with a full tankThe car rental desk at the airport: paperwork and terms
- 💬Who has the remote?An evening at home: two people can't agree on what to watch
- 💬Documents are missingA government office window: submitting registration documents
- 💬Do I have to go?Two people weighing a job offer in another city
- 💬Cheap but farTwo people choosing between two apartments and arguing over arguments
- 💬What is he like?Two people discussing a new colleague
- 💬It's not worth sulkingA friend urging reconciliation with her sister
- 💬Tell me the recipeA son calls his mother and writes down a recipe
- 💬Do you have your receipt?A customer returning a sweater at a store
- 💬I took it in for serviceA customer bringing a phone to a service center
- 💬How will the weather be?Two people checking the forecast before a trip out of town
- 💬Is it far from here?A visitor asks a passerby for directions
- 💬What's your level?A conversation at the language course desk
- 💬Where are you from?Getting acquainted: asking about life and plans
- 💬I couldn't hear youA phone call with bad reception and clarifications
- 💬A job interviewAn interview at a small company
- 💬Where is my order?A call to the online store's support service
- 💬Help in the neighborhoodNeighbors collecting money for medical treatment
- 💬At the exhibitionTwo people walking through an exhibition at a museum
- 💬Signing up at the gymGym registration at the front desk
- 💬The new deviceSetting up a new printer at home
- 💬At the doctor'sThe clinic: back pain, the doctor orders an X-ray
- 💬Invitation to the engagementAn engagement invitation in the family
- 💬The building meetingA dispute among residents at the building meeting
- 💬Before decidingA friend advising whether to accept a job offer
- 💬Placing the furnitureTwo people arranging things in a new room
- 💬Giving directionsA passerby explains the way to someone lost
- 💬Measuring the recipeTwo people measuring ingredients in the kitchen by a recipe
- 💬How is the work going?Two colleagues discussing how the work is progressing
- 💬The measurement resultsTwo people reviewing measurement results at work
- 💬Old photographsTwo people going through old photos and reminiscing
- 💬The neighborhood meetingNeighbors discussing trash and greening of the block
- 💬Order deliveryA batch of goods is received at the warehouse
- 💬It happened to meTwo people over tea, one telling a story from his life
- 💬About the neighborTwo people discussing the character of a mutual acquaintance
Phrases that always rescue you
These are learned first not for politeness. They bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong — which makes them more useful than any list of nouns.
Frequently asked
Which Turkish phrases to learn first?
To start a conversation: “hello”, “thanks” and “excuse me”. To rescue it when it goes wrong: “I do not understand” and “again, please”.
Is a phrasebook enough without grammar?
For a short trip — yes. For living in the country — no: memorized phrases do not assemble into new ones, and the other person does not follow your script.