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Taking the Ferry Made with love.
One of the joys of a city spanning two continents is traveling by ferry. It's
cheap, relaxing, and the view is gorgeous. Just be sure not to miss the
last one or you might be stuck in Asia tonight (just kidding - there's
always the dolmuş).
Dialog
Dialog Translation
2 | Merve At 11:00.
3 | Seda What time is it now?
4 | Merve 10:30.
6 | Merve It's close. A little further on. Don't worry - there's also a dolmuş.
Language Points
Two very useful vocabularly words for your learning pleasure: ilk (first) and en son (last). In case you were
wondering, en son literally means most final.
İlk kitap.
The first book.
Compound Nouns
Sometimes you see nouns you know in Turkish that have an extra letter or two on the end of them. This happens
particularly often with place names. For example, the word meydan means square, but the first time you visit
Istanbul, you'll see signs pointing you to Taksim Meydanı. What gives? What's that extra ı?
You don't need to worry about the details at this level, but you should know that when you combine two nouns in
Turkish, you have to add a suffix onto the second word. This suffix serves to connect that second word to the first.
In English, we just say two nouns together: Ataturk airport, Kadıköy port, Taksim Square. In Turkish, all of these
take an extra compound-noun suffix on their second word.
Is it close?
You can form a very simple (and useful) question in Turkish by simply putting the question article mi after a word.
Remember that mi follows i-type vowel harmony so can also appear as mı, mu, or mü, depending on the last vowel
of the word before it.
So, for example, uzak mı means is it far? (or in the right context, is he/she far?). Using a noun, we can say yemek
mi? to say is it food?
Güzel mi?
Is it nice? Is he/she beautiful?
Doktor mu?
Is he/she a doctor?
Süt mü?
Is it milk?
Pahalı mı?
Is it expensive?
Vocabulary
saat kaç what time is it?
yakın near
ileride further on
vapur ferry
en son final
Review
1. The word for bus is otobüs. Why does it have an extra ü in deniz otobüsü (sea bus).
a. It's plural.
a. Saat sekizde.
b. Saat sekiz.
c. Sekiz saat.
d. Sekiz saatte.
a. Is he close?
b. It is close.
c. Is she close?
d. Is it close?
e. He is close.
a. at
b. he
c. ferry
d. also
Answer Key
1. b
2. a
3. a c d
4. d
5. Ucuz mu , O ucuz mu
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