Lesson 99 © Turkish Tea Time

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Today we learn how to reject offers, be they for cigarettes, tea, or a
"friendly" chat (hint: they probably want to sell you something).

Rejecting offers. Noobie

Dialog

1 | Pelin Lütfen, şu masaya oturalım Bir çay içelim.

2 | Oya Hayır, teşekkür ederim. İstemiyorum.

3 | Pelin Neden? Konuşalım. Çok önemli.

4 | Oya Hayır, dedim. İstemiyorum.

5 | Pelin Sigara içiyor musunuz?

6 | Oya Hayır. Sigara kullanmıyorum. Sigaradan nefret ediyorum.

Dialog Translation

1 | Pelin Please, let's sit at that table. Let's drink tea.

2 | Oya No, thank you. I don't want to.

3 | Pelin Why? Let's talk. It's very important.

4 | Oya I said No. I don't want to.

 5 | Pelin Do you smoke?

6 | Oya No. I don't smoke. I hate smoking.

Language Points

Let's Do It!

When it comes to convincing, there's no better suffix than -elim. When put on the end of a verb, it means
something like let's do this. Here are some examples for you to get the idea:

Gidelim.
Let's go.

Konuşalım.
Let's talk.

Uyuyalım.
Let's sleep.

Because of its vowel harmony, you'll also see -alım instead of -elim. They're the exact same suffix - they're just
spelled slightly differently to match the vowels in the verb. You'll also see an extra y before -elim when its added to
verbs that end in a vowel. Turkish hates putting two vowels together, so it separates them with a y in this case.

Koşalım!
Let's run!

Türkçe öğrenelim!
Let's learn Turkish.

Film izleyelim.
Let's watch a movie.

Responding to Requests

If you're making the rounds as a tourist in Turkey, you'll very likely be offered something at some point (especially
in the bazaar).

-Çay ister misiniz? -Evet, teşekkürler.

-Would you like some tea? -Yes, thank you.

To refuse a request (usually because you don't want to be suckered into a sales pitch), you can just say no, thank
you.

-Çay ister misiniz? -Hayır, teşekkürler.

-Would you like some tea? -No thank you.

If you really want to make your point, you can also use these:

-Hadi, çay içelim. -Hayır dedim.

-C'mon, let's drink some tea. -I said no.

-Otur. -İstemiyorum.
-Sit. -I don't want to.

I Don't Smoke

Everybody smokes in Turkey. Not really, but sometimes it seems that way. Smoking is more prevalent in Turkey
than any other western European country.

So, it might be useful to know how tell someone that you don't smoke (unless you do, in which case teşekkürler is
all you need). Amusingly, Turkish uses the verb içmek (to drink) to also say to smoke. That's right - Turks drink
their cigarettes. It's almost always preceded by sigara, though, unless it's clear from the context that you're talking
about smoking.

-Sigara içiyor musunuz? -Hayır, sigara içmiyorum.

-Do you smoke? -No, I don't smoke.

You can also say you don't use cigarettes.

-Sigara içiyor musunuz? -Hayır, sigara kullanmıyorum.

-Do you smoke? -No, I don't smoke (I don't use cigarettes).

Vocabulary
istemek to want

içmek to drink

masa table

sigara içmek to smoke

kullanmak to use

nefret etmek to hate

oturmak to sit

çay tea

önemli important

konuşmak to talk

Review

1. Which of the following is spelled correctly?

a. oturalım

b. gelalim

c. gidalım

d. konuşelim

2. Sigara içiyor musunuz?

 a. Evet, sigara içmiyorum.

b. Teşekkürler.

c. Hayır, sigara içmiyorum.

d. Hayır, sigara içiyorum.

3. Which of the following are possible responses to: Çay ister misiniz? (pick all)

a. Teşekkürler.

b. Evet, istemiyorum.

c. Hayır, teşekkür ederim.

d. Evet, içelim.

e. Hayır, istemiyorum.

f. Hayır, içelim.

4. Translate: let's sleep (uyumak). (write)

5. Translate: I said yes. (write)

Answer Key

1. a
2. c
3. a c d e
4. Uyuyalım
5. Evet dedim , Ben evet dedim

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