LingoflyReturn it with a full tank in Turkish
The car rental desk at the airport: paperwork and terms in Turkish. 8 phrases that the conversation is made of: «Merhaba, internetten araç kiralamıştım. Adım Sergey.» — Hello, I booked a car online. My name is Sergey; «Buldum. Ehliyetinizi ve kimliğinizi alabilir miyim?» — Found it. May I have your license and ID? Every line can be played right on the page.
How the whole thing sounds
The situation: the car rental desk at the airport: paperwork and terms. First the whole conversation, then each line on its own, with a translation.
- Buldum. Ehliyetinizi ve kimliğinizi alabilir miyim?Found it. May I have your license and ID?
- Buyurun. Kasko fiyata dâhil mi?Here you go. Is comprehensive insurance included in the price?
Lines one by one
| Turkish | Translation |
|---|---|
| Merhaba, internetten araç kiralamıştım. Adım Sergey. | Hello, I booked a car online. My name is Sergey. |
| Buldum. Ehliyetinizi ve kimliğinizi alabilir miyim? | Found it. May I have your license and ID? |
| Buyurun. Kasko fiyata dâhil mi? | Here you go. Is comprehensive insurance included in the price? |
| Trafik sigortası dâhil, kasko ayrı. Günlük iki yüz lira. | The mandatory insurance is included, the comprehensive one is separate. Two hundred liras a day. |
| Kaskoyu da alayım. Depo dolu mu? | I'll take the comprehensive too. Is the tank full? |
| Dolu. Dolu depo teslim alıyor, dolu depo teslim ediyorsunuz. | Full. You receive it with a full tank and return it full. |
| Stepne ve emniyet kemerleri tamam mı? | Are the spare tire and seat belts fine? |
| Hepsi tamam. Hız sınırını aşarsanız ceza size gelir. | Everything is fine. If you speed, the fine will come to you. |
How to prepare for a conversation like this
Memorizing the lines is not enough: the other person will say their own thing, not what is written. What helps more is catching the key words by ear and keeping three rescue phrases ready: “I don't understand”, “repeat, please”, “slower”.
And one more thing phrasebooks do not mention: awkwardness gets in the way more than not knowing the words.
- Fear of making mistakes gets in the way of learning a language, and noticeably so. The link turns up study after study, and together those studies cover almost twenty thousand people.checked many timesTeimouri, Goetze & Plonsky, 2019, Studies in Second Language Acquisition 41(2) · 19,933 participants from 23 countries; correlation with results r = −0.36.
- That fear can be dealt with — the methods have been tested and they work.checked many timesXiong et al., 2024, Journal of Language and Social Psychology · 37 studies, anxiety reduced by −0.61. Of the seven conditions examined, only age turned out to matter.
Frequently asked
How do you start a conversation in Turkish in this situation?
“Merhaba, internetten araç kiralamıştım. Adım Sergey.” — Hello, I booked a car online. My name is Sergey. The first line in such a conversation is almost always the same, and that is the one worth learning: the other person will carry it from there.
What if you did not understand the reply?
Say “I don't understand” and “repeat, please” — both are in the rescue set. Admitting your language is still shaky almost always makes the other person more patient.
Should you memorize the dialogue?
No. It is more useful to catch the key words by ear: the other person will say their own thing, and a memorized line will not always fit their reply.