How's Your Turkish? (A Unique, Poetic Vocabulary
Lesson)
Taken from "MOTHER KAZ" by
Dorothy Frank, (Published in Istanbulletin - OWC
Newsletter, Vol. 1, No.11)
(*) MERHABA is good for
HI, GULE GULE means
goodbye. GEL is come and GiT is go, EVET's yes and
HAYIR's no.
OKUL is school, EV is house, KEDi's cat and FARE's mouse. KOPRU's
bridge and KOPEK's dog SiS is just the Bosporus fog. GÖZ is eye and YÜZ
is face, MAHAL's just another place. BEZELYE is the word for
peas, FASULYA's beans and LÜTFEN's please. SÜT is milk and BUZ is
ice, ÇOK GÜZEL means very nice. HOS GELDiNiZ is welcome dear, ZARAR
YOK means never fear. MASA's table, MEKTUP's note, PALTO
means an overcoat, KALEM's pencil, KiTAP's book, YAZ means write and BAK
means look. HASTAYIM says I am ill, While HESAP VER says give me the
bill. KAPI's door and also gate, ERKEN's early, GEÇ is late. We is BiZ
and I is BEN, ELBiSE are the clothes you don, While ÜSTÜNDE means simply
on; And ON means ten while iKi's two, And ALTI's six while AZ means
few. TiYATRO means --- but you can guess, FiSTAN is a lady's
dress. KADIN's lady, ADAM's man, YEMEK's food and KUTU's can. ADAMLAR
is lots of men, And SiNEMA means --- guess again. Tray is TEPSi, meat is
ET, How much simpler can you get? KIZ is girl and OÄžLAN's boy,
HOSLANMAK means to enjoy. YASTIK's pillow, YATAK's bed, MEYVE's fruit
and EKMEK's bread. Road is SOKAK, and tower's HiSAR. YAKIN's near and
UZAK's far. iYi's good and FENA's bad, ÇOK HAZiN means very
sad. BOZUK means it's broken down. And ÅžEHiRE means into town. BiR
means one and BiRA's beer, MANTAR's cork and KORKU's fear. If you see
the moon on high, You can sing our, "There's the AY!"
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