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- okulu bitirmekto finish school
“okulu bitirmek” — to finish school in Turkish. Phrase, level B1. Bitirmek means to finish anything: school, a meal, a job. The official way to say it is mezun olmak, "to become a graduate," and that is what goes on a résumé. In a live sentence: “Ablam bu yıl okulu bitirdi” — My sister finishes school this year. You can hear how it sounds right here. A word from the everyday Turkish course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Turkish | okulu bitirmek |
| Translation | to finish school |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
bitirmek means to finish anything: school, a meal, a job. The official way to say it is mezun olmak, "to become a graduate," and that is what goes on a résumé.
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- Ablam bu yıl okulu bitirdiMy sister finishes school this year
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to finish school” in Turkish?
«okulu bitirmek». In a live sentence: “Ablam bu yıl okulu bitirdi” — My sister finishes school this year. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Bitirmek means to finish anything: school, a meal, a job. The official way to say it is mezun olmak, "to become a graduate," and that is what goes on a résumé. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.