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Learning Turkish Language Difficulties

Index to the
8 most common difficulties of Turkish
for English speakers

Excuses for "Why we'll never be fluent..."
Language-learning pages:
  • How To Learn Basic Turkish --
    A Practical Philosophy for beginners

    (Found in the 'Introduction to The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies'.)
  • Why Off-color language is important too...
  • Translating Turkish, the basics
  • Translating Turkish, advanced
  • Essential Turkish Vocabulary
  • Turkish Verbs
  • Essential Idioms, Index
  • Essential Suffixes, Index
  • Sentence Structure, Standard
  • Sentence Structure Variations
  • Turkish Pronunciation
  • Turkish Accenting
  • Numbers in Turkish
  • Newspaper/Magazine Readers' Dictionary, Index
  • The 8 Most Common Difficulties of Turkish
    1. Turkish Language Ambiguities
    Do you mean...bat or bat or bat; and if so, do you mean
    old bat; and if so...
    2. Expressing yourself in the Turkish Language
    "...a completely new garb."
    3. Suffixes, suffixes, and still more Turkish suffixes
    A curse on you and a glue to your nation! Excuse the horrible pun...
    4. The too many uses of -den
    5 unEasy Pieces...
    5. Turkish Language inference and doubt
    Have we had a miş-understanding?
    6. Lost Turkish Language Articles
    Where'd they go?...
    7. Put it in reverse, buster!
    Talking backwards is illogical, isn't it?
    8. Turkish Language Vocabulary
    It's tooo hard...

    Learning Turkish Language Difficulties --
    'Also Rans'

  • Turkish doublets -- 2-word brain twisters
  • Loooong Turkish Language Sentences -- can make your hair stand on end
  • Devrik Cümle -- standard word order down the drain
  • Language-learning pages:
  • How To Learn Basic Turkish --
    A Practical Philosophy for beginners

    (Found in the 'Introduction to The Whole Earth Catalog of Turkish Movies'.)
  • Why Off-color language is important too...
  • Translating Turkish, the basics
  • Essential Turkish Vocabulary
  • Turkish Verbs
  • Essential Idioms, Index
  • Essential Suffixes, Index
  • Sentence Structure, Standard
  • Turkish Pronunciation
  • Turkish Accenting
  • Numbers in Turkish
  • Newspaper/Magazine Readers' Dictionary, Index
  • Learn Turkish language

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