A few words to start off with

[Crabbit]

Sunday..........Pazar.......... pah-ZAHR
Monday..........Pazartesi......pah-ZAHR-teh-see
Tuesday.........Sali.............sah-LUH
Wednesday.......Çrsamba.........char-shahm-BAH
Thursday........Persembe.........pehr-shehm-BEH
Friday..........Cuma.............joo-MAH
Saturday........Cumartesi........joo-MAHR-teh-see
month...........ay...............AHY
year............sene, yil........SEH-neh, YUHL
January.........Ocak.............oh-JAHK
February........Subat............shoo-BAHT
March...........Mart.............MAHRT
April...........Nisan.............nee-SAHN
May.............Mayis.............mah-YUSS
June............Haziran...........HAH-zee-RAHN
July............Temmuz............teh-MOOZ
August..........Agustos...........AH-oo-STOHSS
September.......Eylül.............ehy-LEWL
October.........Ekim..............eh-KEEM
November........Kasim.............kah-SUHM
December........Aralik............AH-rah-LU

[Carpete]

Nice one Dave![^]
I don't have the pronouciations, as you have but here's my list for shopping for our new pad! My apologies  in advance to any Turkish speaking people for incorrect useage  of their language!
pillow - el havusu
curtain - perde
rug - hali, kilm
oda - single (as in bed)
twin - kisilik
bedding - yorgan
sheet - carsafi
bath towel - banya havusu
double - cift
dishwasher - bulasik makinesi
fridge - buzdoabi
cooker - ocak (yemek)
table - masa
chair - sandalye
drawers - sifonyer
couch - divan, kanepe, kottuk
bed - yatas

Does sag mean right Dave,  if so what does ol mean  and how do you get your keyboard to do the curly bits on the letters??

[Tonya]

çok guzel, Dave  

[Crabbit]

Carpete
sag does indeed mean right, dunno about ol, but Sol means left
and i get the curly bits cos i copy and paste my posts (make the language on your keyboard Turkish)

Dave

[haino]

:. istiyorum

Means "I'd Like"

Just add the turkish word(s) before it.

e.g. iki bira istiyorum.  I'd like two beers.

One for me and the one I owe Scunner

[Keith]

Check out this site, you can even hear the pronunciation.

http://www.travlang.com/languages/cgi-bin/langchoice.cgi?lang1=english&lang2=turkish&page=main

[Carpete]

[ :)Thanks Keith. I like the look of the  Rosetta Stone course, anyone here used it??

[Pickle]

I'm sure we all know this one, but it made me laugh...
We were chatting to the Turkish neighbour, and politely trying out our meager linguistic skills - which don't amount to much more than Iki Bira (see above!), and were trying to say 'Thanks' - always a good one to start with.

The neighbour, said "ahhh....to say Thanks in Turkish you say 'Tea and Sugar!' "

(tumbleweed)

well, I enjoyed it!:D:D:D
Suze
(I think this is where 5neeky disowns me...)

[karen crouch]

I also have heard Turkish people say that thank you is 'tea and sugar'. i assume it is because Tesekkurler (pronounced Tai sheck -u -lar) sounds to them like
Tea - Tai (Cay - pronounced Chi is tea in turkish) and
seker is sugar.
trouble is when you say Tesskkurler in Turkish it sound nothing like tea and sugar in English!
Perhaps we should try and explain?
Regards, Karen

One useful phrase for the Dolmus is:
inecek var  i want to get out/off

[ZwaaiHaai]

quote:Originally posted by karen crouch

I also have heard Turkish people say that thank you is 'tea and sugar'. i assume it is because Tesekkurler (pronounced Tai sheck -u -lar) sounds to them like
Tea - Tai (Cay - pronounced Chi is tea in turkish) and
seker is sugar.
trouble is when you say Tesskkurler in Turkish it sound nothing like tea and sugar in English!
Perhaps we should try and explain?
Regards, Karen

One useful phrase for the Dolmus is:
inecek var  i want to get out/off

inecek var

How do i pronounce that?
Inezjek far?