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Turkish | English | Examples, supplements, and explanations |
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| tabii | of course, naturally | See language-point illustration below. |
Elementary School student:
Teacher, teacher! The bus-driver is crushing me!
The teacher:
Of course he's crushing [you]...
God only knows what you've been up to.
Thanks to:
Komikaze 2
by Erdil Yaşaroğlu
LeMan Basin Yayın Ltd Şti.
Istanbul (March 1995) |
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| tahmin | an estimate, guess | tahmin etmek, to guess |
| takdim | a presentation | takdim etmek, to present |
| takip | a following, a pursuit | takip etmek, to follow, to pursue |
| takmak | to attach, to connect up |
- takma kafana, don't concern yourself [with this matter], don't worry about it
- takma, attaching, attached or artificial, false
- takım, team
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| taksit | an installment, a payment | taksitle, payment by installments |
| talih | luck | talihli, lucky (fortunate)
talihsiz, unlucky |
| tam | whole, full, complete | Tamam. OK. All right.
tamamen, completely
tamamlamak, to complete |
| tamir | repair | tamirci, repairman
tamir etmek, to repair |
| tane | a piece, a unit, an item [often implied but not translated] | tanesi, each one
Are you confused
about when to use
tane, defa, kere and kez?
Then peruse the following examples...
- İki tane istiyorum. I want two [of those items].
- Bu mandalinaların kilosu bir milyon lira, tanesi iki yüz bin lira. These tangerines are a million lira per kilo, that's two hundred-thousand lira each.
- bu defa, this time
- On defa ziyaret etti. He visited ten times.
- bir kere, once (one time)
- Üç kere dört on iki yapar. Three times four makes twelve.
- ilk kez, the first time
- bu kez, this time
- Bu kez şanslı değildim. I wasn't lucky this time.
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| tanımak | to know, to recognize | tanık, a witness
tanıdık or tanış, an acquaintance
tanışmak, to get acquainted with
tanıştırmak, to introduce |
| tanrı | god | |
| taraf | the side, a side | tarafsız, impartial
taraf tutmak, to take sides |
| tarif | a recipe, (map) directions, an explanation | |
| tarih | date (on calendar), history | |
| tartışmak | to discuss, to argue, to debate | tartışma, discussion, argument, debate |
| taş | a stone | |
| taşımak | to carry | O ağır çantayı taşıyabilir misin? Can you carry that heavy bag?
taşınmak, to move (to another place) |
| tat | flavor, taste | tatlı, sweet
tatsız, tasteless, unpleasant |
| tatil | a vacation/holiday | Tatilde nereye gidiyorsunuz? Where are you going on holiday? |
| tavsiye | recommendation | tavsiye etmek, to recommend |
| tavuk | chicken (hen) | Kafeste on beş tavuk var. There are fifteen hens in the cage. |
| taze | fresh | |
| tecavüz | an attack, a rape [attempted] | |
| tecrübe | experience | tecrübeli, experienced
tecrübesiz, inexperienced |
| tedavi | (medical) treatment | tedavi etmek, to treat (medically)
tedavi görmek, to receive treatment (medically)
tedavi olmak, to receive treatment (medically), to be cured |
| tehdit | threat | tehdit etmek, to threaten, to menace |
| tehlike | danger | tehlikeli, dangerous |
| tek | single, just one |
tek başına, by oneself alone
teker teker, one by one
tekerleme, tongue-twister
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| teklif | proposal | teklif etmek, to make a proposal |
| tekrar | again | tekrar etmek, to repeat | temel | basic, fundamental | |
| temiz | clean | - Sekiz temiz
tişörtü var. He's got eight clean T-shirts.
- temizlemek, to clean
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| temsil | representation | temsilci, representative
temsil etmek, to represent |
| tepe | a hill or peak | Sisyphus her gün o tepeye tırmanır. Sisyphus climbs that hill everyday. |
| tercih | a preference | tercih etmek, to prefer |
| terk | abandonment | - terk etmek, to abandon, leave, quit; O toplantının bitmesinden önce terk etti. He left before the meeting was over.
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ters | the reverse, the opposite | kumaşın tersi, the other side of the cloth |
| teslim | a delivery | teslim etmek, to deliver
teslim olmak, to surrender |
| Teşekkür ederim. | Thank you. | - Yardımınıza teşekkür ederim. Thank you for your help.
- teşekkürler, thanks
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| teyze | aunt | Often used as a respectful endearment when a younger person speaks to a rather older woman. Vendors also use the term with older female customers. |
| tıpkı | just like, exactly like | - Most often (but not always) used together with gibi.
- Kevin tıpkı babası gibi davranıyor. Kevin acts just like his father.
- Kevin tıpkı babası. Kevin is the spitting image of his father.
- Click following link for fulsome examples.
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| ticaret 
| commerce, business, trade | |
| top
| ball | top oynamak, to play ball
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| toplam
| total (amount) | |
| toprak | [plain] earth, soil, land, and sometimes, The Earth | |
| torpil | influence, a backer/supporter or a torpedo | |
| tören | ceremony | |
| tuhaf | odd, strange, weird | |
| tuş | key [on a computer or piano keyboard], a [wrestling] fall, a fencing touchè, touch [artistically speaking] | tuş etmek, to win
tuş olmak, to accept losing
tuşa gelmek, to be thrown
tuşa getirmek, to throw one's opponent |
| tutmak
| to hold, to keep | |
| tuvalet | toilet | |
| tuz | salt | |
| tüccar | merchant | |
| tüfek
| rifle, gun | Tüfekten nefret ediyorum.
I despise guns.
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| tüm | whole | |
| tür | kind, sort | |
| tüy | hair, feather, fur | |
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