Learn Turkish - Beginner to Advanced

Learn the Turkish alphabet in Latin script; 29 letters. Note that Q, W, and X do not exist, while six extra letters appear; two lessons cover two categories, reading exercises.

Learn Turkish vowels by seeing how each vowel appears in example words like araba and ekmek, and practice recognizing and pronouncing them across common Turkish terms.

Explore Turkish consonants by examining a full set, continuing from the vowels lesson. Learn through example words like bardak and zaman to grasp pronunciation and usage.

Practice reading Turkish with short words to focus on the pronunciation of each letter, using examples like heart, glass, book, language, tomorrow, door, game, blood, and bread.

Improve Turkish reading skills by practicing longer words and focusing on pronouncing each letter. Repeat words rather than memorize them, and prepare for the next video on reading short sentences.

Practice reading short Turkish sentences aloud in this third and final reading exercise, repeat after us, and focus on pronunciation; rewatch the video if you need help.

learners practice basic Turkish greetings, ask how someone is, and use formal and informal forms through vocabulary and short conversations in seven lessons.

Learn to ask others where they are from and to tell where you are from in Turkish, using country phrases such as I'm from Turkey, Germany, and France.

Learn how to ask others what languages they speak and how to say which languages you speak in Turkish, with vocabulary lists and a sample dialogue.

Learn how to ask and tell ages in Turkish, using formal and informal phrases, through a sample conversation including 'how old are you?' and 'i'm 25 years old'.

Learn how to ask what's your hobby in Turkish and how to say my hobbies are, with formal and informal forms, through a short conversation and word-for-word translation.

Learn how to ask and tell in Turkish what job you do or what you study, with common professions and university studies and example conversations.

Practice Turkish conversation through a guided dialogue with word-by-word translations to track understanding before diving into Turkish grammar, review vocabulary, and reinforce hobby and job vocabulary.

Discover the big vowel harmony in Turkish, where words use only back or front vowels. See examples and learn how harmony shapes pronouns, verbs, and suffixes.

Learn the Turkish consonant softening rule, where final consonants change before a vowel-starting suffix. The letters b, j, d, and k are affected, with k becoming yumuşak j.

Explore the third essential Turkish grammar rule: a consonant may change d to t when adding suffixes, so replace d with t and use pistachio chip as a mnemonic.

Explore Turkish personal pronouns ben, sen, o, biz, siz, and onlar, and practice using them in simple sentences like I live in Turkey and they are good friends.

Discover Turkish sentence structure and the subject–object–verb order, with the subject first, then the object, then the verb, in both basic and interrogative sentences.

Master Turkish interrogative sentences by learning how to add suffixes grounded in big vowel harmony, including mi and mu variants, with practical examples and practice.

Recognize singular nouns in the nominative case, the subject of a sentence, and learn Turkish noun features, no gender, big vowel harmony, and singular and plural forms, kush (bird).

Discover how nominative nouns form plurals in Turkish through big vowel harmony. Learn to pluralize with back-vowel suffix la and front-vowel suffix rules, noting no gender in nouns.

Explore Turkish possessive pronouns: benim, senin, onun, bizim, sizin, onların; practice with sentences like bu benim and bizim ev to describe people and objects.

Present simple Turkish conjugation: study the first group of bag verbs, with ar-root endings, and practice adding person-specific suffixes to form sentences with examples like boya mak, anlamak, and yazmak.

Master second group of bag verbs in the present simple. Learn root vowels ending in o and suffixes -room, -erson, -rea, -rous, -la, and u before suffix for consonant roots.

Explore the third group of bag verbs in the Turkish present simple, show their unique conjugation with person suffixes, and demonstrate with examples like çalışmak, almak, kalmak, tanışmak.

Learn to conjugate the first group of Turkish front verbs in the present simple, using suffixes erim, razin, rea, and misiniz, with extra vowels before suffixes when needed.

Explore the second group of Turkish front verbs in the present simple and learn to conjugate them from roots ending in e using suffixes like room, reason, rea, and ra.

This lesson covers third group of front verbs in the present simple, outlining their exceptional conjugation with suffixes erim, esin, eir, itis, and ila, with examples bilmek and vermek.

Explore the Turkish present simple form of the verb to be, using vowel harmony suffixes for I, you, he/her/it, we, you all, and they, with practical examples.

Explore present simple Turkish conjugation of can, with vowel harmony suffixes for each pronoun, and practice on five verbs including to do, to go, and to come.

Explore present simple conjugation of the Turkish verb to must, using suffixes aligned with big vowel harmony. Practice with examples, covering I, you, he/she, we, you plural, and they forms.

Explore Turkish negation through three methods: using değil at the end, using yok at the end, and adding ma or me to verbs according to vowel harmony.

Identify singular Turkish nouns in the accusative and apply suffixes to mark objects based on the last vowel and consonant endings, following big vowel harmony.

Learn to recognize plural nouns in the accusative case and apply extended suffixes in Turkish, guided by big vowel harmony and the fact that Turkish nouns have no gender.

Learn how Turkish object pronouns form from personal pronouns by adding letters, and practice with examples like beni, seni, onu, bizi, sizi, onları in simple sentences.

Learn to count from 0 to 20 in Turkish and practice with a table exercise to recall the numbers. The lesson repeats the 0–20 sequence and includes a recall check.

Learn to count from 20 to 100 in Turkish, recognizing the two-word pattern for numbers like yirmi bir, and practice identifying numbers from a table in real time.

Learn to count from 100 to 1000 in Turkish, review the decimals and hundreds rule, and practice forming numbers like 101, 204, 583, and 911.

Learn to count from 1000 to 10,000 in Turkish using the thousand-based pattern with bin. The lesson shows the same rule applies across all numbers up to 10,000.

Learn how Turkish ordinal numbers are formed by adding a suffix based on the big vowel harmony to a cardinal number, and practice using birinci, ikinci, and dokuzuncu in sentences.

Explore Turkish singular demonstrative pronouns, focusing on this, that, and faraway usage. See clear examples like this is a notebook, that is a cat, and that is a basket.

Learn Turkish plural demonstrative pronouns by comparing near these, farther those, with practical examples like notebooks, students, roses, cats, and pencils.

Explore essential Turkish vocabulary across 28 videos, including days, months, family, weather, colours, foods, sports, animals, clothes, body parts, home, bakery, travel terms, shops, occupations, and Turkey’s celebration days.

Learn the days of the week in Turkish, build essential vocabulary, and practice sentences that reference days, the week, and the weekend.

Explore the Turkish months of the year, learn capitalization rules, and practice with sentences like 'February is a cold month' and 'July is a hot month'.

Learn Turkish family tree vocabulary from mother and father to siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandchildren, with terms like baba, abla, hala, teyze, amca, dayı, yeğen, torun, bebek.

Learn Turkish weather vocabulary, including how is the weather today, and phrases to describe hot, cold, foggy, windy days, rain and snow, and the seasons.

Learn Turkish colors, including white, black, red, yellow, green, blue, brown, gray, purple, beige, pink, and orange.

Build Turkish fruit vocabulary by naming fruits like apple, orange, banana, kiwi, and lemon, and practice with sentences such as two apples and seven kiwis.

Learn Turkish vegetable vocabulary—from potato and carrot to zucchini (kabak), cabbage, onion, bell pepper, tomato, cucumber, corn, eggplant, and broccoli—and practice using it in simple sentences.

Explore common sports, including football, badminton, hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, baseball, golf, boxing, swimming, running, and bodybuilding.

Introduce common animals and Turkish vocabulary, including cat, dog, fish, horse, sheep, rabbit tavsan, and chicken tavuk.

Learn Turkish clothes vocabulary, including winter jacket, jacket, sweater, pants, jeans, tee shirt, shorts, shirt, dress, skirt, underwear, leggings, swimsuit, bikini, and shoes.

Acquire Turkish clothes vocabulary from sneakers to cravats, including scarf, hat, belt, wristwatch, gloves, sunglasses, safety glasses, and beanie or beret. Practice using these apparel terms in everyday Turkish dialogue.

Learn essential Turkish body parts, from head and nose to mouth, neck, chest, belly, back, shoulder, arm, elbow, hand, and fingers.

Explore Turkish vocabulary for the planet, including continents North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and oceans Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, along with Earth, Moon, and Sun.

Explore essential Turkish home vocabulary, including house, ev, apartment, kitchen mutfak, dining room, living room salon, bathroom, toilet, bedroom, garage, balcony, garden, table, and stairs.

Learn bakery vocabulary and common product names, including white bread, brown bread, grain bread, sandwich, cookie, cake, dessert, donut, milk, and water.

Learn essential Turkish travel vocabulary for navigating train and bus stations, including train station, bus station, platform, bus stop, waiting room, public toilets, boarding pass, and first class.

Explore essential airport vocabulary in Turkish, including havalimani, airplane, security, boarding pass, gate, arrivals and departures, customs, taxi, and key travel phrases.

Learn essential hotel Turkish vocabulary, including front desk, reservation, luggage and deposits, room types (single and double beds), and phrases for checking in, with mentions of the indoor swimming pool.

Learn essential Turkish vocabulary for night shop products, including soda water, soda, beer, liquor, chips, candies, chocolate, cigarettes, and a lighter.

Learn Turkish supermarket vocabulary, including cheese, yogurt, egg (yumurta), butter, milk, olive oil, vinegar, sea salt, pepper, rice, lentils, chickpeas, and beans.

Expand your Turkish vocabulary with supermarket products: vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, detergents, paper goods, and hygiene items such as shampoo, shower gel, conditioner, toothpaste, and bread.

Explore a diverse lineup of Turkish appetizers, from fried mussels on a stick to pastries and zucchini fritters, paired with yogurt dips and herb sauces, plus pickled vegetables.

Explore Turkish main dishes from kebab and meatballs to fried fish from the Black Sea, imam bayildi eggplant, dolma stuffed leaves, and vegan twists, plus a note on pasta-inspired dishes.

Explore Turkish desserts, from oven baked rice pudding scented with rose water or vanilla to kazandibi, lokma fritters, baklava, and ice cream thickened with mastic resin and salep.

Explore vocabulary for products found in a traditional Turkish store, including carpet, ceramic, nazar, jewelry, Turkish coffee, lokum, baharat, sabun, artwork, traditional instrument, antique items, lanterns, leather goods, and scarves.

Learn Turkish words for food and drink places, including restaurant, cafe, steakhouse, pizzeria, and take away, and practice them in example sentences.

Explore Turkish vocabulary for occupations in the food sector, including cook, chef, waiter, garcon, waitress, barman, pastry chef, barista, cashier, and cleaner.

Explore Turkey's most important celebration days, including New Year's Day, National Sovereignty and Children's Day, Atatürk Youth and Sports Day, Democracy Day, Republic Day, Ramadan Feast, and Kurban Bayram.

Learn to tell the time in Turkish using key terms gesh for after, kirik for quarter, bucek for half, and color for before, with examples from 10:00, 10:05, and 10:45.

Learn to tell time in Turkish using am and pm saba and ehtesham, sabah, noon, sora, and gege, with examples like seven in the morning and nine in the evening.

Learn Turkish question words such as who, where, when, why, what, and how, with yes and no vocabulary and example sentences to build essential question formation.

Master the Turkish past simple for the first group of back verbs, learning person-specific suffixes and root-ending changes with examples like yazmak, anlamak, satmak, and yapmak.

Learn the Turkish past simple conjugation for the second group of back verbs, using suffixes dum, don, dah, dukh, nos, and la, with root-ending adjustments.

Explore the third and last group of back verbs in Turkish past simple, learn their person-based suffixes, and practice conjugations with five verbs like work, take, stay, meet, separate.

Conjugate front verbs in the past simple, focusing on the first group, by applying suffixes for each person and root-ending changes, with examples like wear, pull, travel, and watch.

Conjugate the second group of Turkish front verbs in the past simple using person suffixes and adjust suffixes for certain root endings, with examples like walk, think, and transform.

Master the third and last group of front verbs in Turkish, focusing on their exceptional past simple conjugation and suffix patterns, with examples like bilmek (to know) and to withdraw.

Explore how Turkish past simple of the verb to be uses vowel-harmony suffixes, with six forms and dim or doom endings guided by the last vowel.

Learn how to form the past simple of the Turkish verb can using suffixes based on vowel harmony, and practice conjugating be, do, take, go, and come.

Master the past simple conjugation of the Turkish verb to must by exploring suffixes, big vowel harmony, and root-based forms, then practice with five verbs through examples.

Master the future simple conjugation of Turkish first-group back verbs. Use person-number suffixes and add a y when the root ends in a vowel.

Learn the second group of Turkish back verbs in the future simple, with root endings on oo, and master conjugation using person and number suffixes, plus the y-in-front rule.

Explore the third and final group of bag verbs in Turkish future simple, learn their exceptional conjugation and suffixes, and practice forming work, take, stay, meet, and separate.

Master the future simple conjugation of front verbs in Turkish, first group. Apply suffixes ajam, in, ijk, ajas, xinis, and aj claire to verbs like wear, travel, and draw.

Master the future simple of Turkish front verbs in the second group, whose roots end with oo, and practice conjugating with person- and number-based suffixes, including vowel-ending root rules.

Explore the third group of Turkish front verbs in the future simple, mastering their exceptional conjugation with person and number suffixes, including the y insertion for vowel-ending roots.

Master Turkish future simple form of to be by applying a pronoun–noun/adjective formula and the conjugation of olmak, with examples like I will be happy and we will be there.

Learn how to form the Turkish dative for singular nouns by adding suffixes based on the last vowel, consonant softening, and big vowel harmony, indicating the recipient of an action.

Identify plural nouns in the dative case by extending plural suffixes per big vowel harmony; learn that Turkish has no gender and applies same conjugation to singular and plural.

Master Turkish comparisons by forming the comparative with daha and the adjective, and the superlative with n between the first and second parts.

Learn Turkish location prepositions with examples like above, in front of, between, beside, below, behind, and in the middle of, plus suffix patterns da/da ta/ta.

Learn Turkish time prepositions such as at, on, in, by, around, before, for, from, from-to, since, during, until, and after, with examples and notes on suffixes and vowel harmony.

Explore present continuous conjugation of bag verbs in Turkish, focusing on first group with AR root and practicing suffix patterns for verbs like to write, to understand, and to sell.

Explore the present continuous for Turkish second group back verbs whose roots end in o. Conjugate with suffixes and the verb olmak, using examples like find, forget, sleep, read.

Delve into the third and final group of back verbs in the present continuous, detailing their exceptional conjugation and the root plus r plus olmak pattern with examples.

Learn the present continuous conjugation of the first group of Turkish front verbs, using roots, suffixes, and the verb olmak to form current actions.

Explore the second group of front verbs in Turkish present continuous, identify root endings with e, and practice conjugating with provided suffixes—yorum, iesson, e, uras, iasonas, yerler.

Master the third and final group of Turkish front verbs in the present continuous, learning their exceptional conjugation and forming it from the verb root, r, and olmak suffixes.

Learn Turkish past continuous conjugation for back verbs, focusing on the first group; apply root plus r and suffixes erdem, erdok, erdeniz, erleada to form past continuous verbs.

Learn the second group of Turkish back verbs with root vowels ending in o and form the past continuous with suffixes, using bulmak, olmak, unutmak, vurmak, okumak.

Master the third and final group of Turkish back verbs and their exceptional past continuous conjugation, using root plus suffix patterns with examples like to work, to take, to stay.

Learn Turkish past continuous conjugation for the first group of front verbs, with suffixes to form correct person forms and practice verbs like wear, watch, pull, travel.

Learn the Turkish past continuous with the second group of front verbs, whose root ends with e, and form it by adding suffixes and using olmak in the past.

Explore the third and final group of Turkish front verbs and their exceptional past continuous conjugation, including verbs like almak and bilmek with per-person suffixes.

Learn Turkish object pronouns ii, including bana, sana, ona, bize, size, and onlara, with sentences illustrating to me, to you, to him or her, and to us.

Learn to recognize singular nouns in the locative case in Turkish, applying suffixes da or d and replacing d with t in endings, reflecting big vowel harmony and no gender.

Master plural nouns in the Turkish locative case by applying extended suffixes ruled by big vowel harmony, noting that Turkish nouns have no gender and share singular and plural forms.

Learn Turkish reflexive pronouns and practice using myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves in example sentences.

Learn Turkish adverbs of frequency, such as daily, always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, and never, to improve Turkish speech.

Explore the first group of back verbs in the Turkish conditional tense, mastering suffixes erdem, erden, arda, ardeniz, and arda la, and practice conjugating verbs like to write and to sell.

Explore the second group of back verbs in Turkish conditional tense, with person suffixes and example conjugations for verbs like to find, forget, sleep, and read.

Discover the third and final group of bag verbs in Turkish, with exceptional conjugation and suffix patterns. Practice conjugating verbs like to work, to take, to stay across all persons.

Explore the conditional tense of front verbs by applying person-specific suffixes (erdem, erden, ed, erdek, erdeniz) to verbs like wear, pull, travel, love, draw, watch, listen, and lock.

Master the second group of front verbs in the conditional tense, learn their conjugation rules and suffixes, and practice with examples like take away, think, and be sad.

Master the third group of front verbs in Turkish conditional tense and their exceptional conjugation. Practice with bilmek, vermek, bitirmek, geliştirmek, and çekmek using the specified suffixes for each person.

Explore the extra conditional tense sa se in Turkish, forming it by adding suffixes to back verbs and switching to e for front verbs, with example conjugations across all persons.

Master Turkish imperatives by forming commands in the second person singular and plural, using verb roots and suffixes aligned with big vowel harmony across verb categories.

Learn how to form singular nouns in the Turkish ablative case by applying vowel-harmony suffixes for back or front vowels, noting movement away from something and the lack of gender.

Explore plural nouns in the ablative case in Turkish, apply big vowel harmony, and extend suffixes to form ablative plurals with examples like birds, shoes, rings, and stations.

Explore the basics of Turkish conjunctions that connect two main sentences, including and, but, or (yoksa, yada), because, and so, with guidance across seven categories to boost speaking skills.

Learn Turkish conjunctions II, focusing on time-based connectives that link clauses. Explore if, while, as soon as, before, after, since, and until with examples.

Explore Turkish conjunctions that express cause and effect, such as because, so that, and causing, with examples that show how they connect clauses and reveal outcomes.

Explore Turkish conditional conjunctions such as if, in case, as long as, and unless, and learn how they connect clauses to express conditions.

Explore Turkish conjunctions that express opposition, including although and despite, with examples showing how they connect clauses and convey contrast.

Explore how conjunctions express comparison, including like or as, and as if. See examples that show how they connect clauses and convey similarity.

Explore the genitive case for singular Turkish nouns, showing how suffixes form possession according to the last vowel and big vowel harmony, with examples and practice.

Identify plural nouns in the genitive case by extending plural suffixes according to big vowel harmony; Turkish nouns have no gender, and both singular and plural forms take possessive endings.

Master the past conjugation of Turkish back verbs by studying the first group, whose roots end with r, and applying suffix patterns for singular and plural forms.

Explore the second group of Turkish back verbs in the past perfect, ending in o, and practice conjugation using suffixes like mushtum, mustan, mucho, mushtuk, nos, michelada.

Master the third and last group of Turkish back verbs with exceptional past perfect conjugation, learning their suffixes mushtum, mushta, mushtaq, and michelada through guided examples.

Learn the past perfect conjugation of the first group of Turkish front verbs, mastering person-specific suffixes and practice with common verbs such as wear, pull, travel, and watch.

This lesson introduces the second group of front verbs in the past perfect, where the root ends with e, and uses suffixes like mushtum, nyshchuk, missions, and mukhallad.

this lesson covers the third group of front verbs in the past perfect, teaching their exceptional conjugation with suffixes and practicing five verbs: know, improve, withdraw, finish, give.

Master the future perfect conjugation of the first group of back verbs in Turkish, formed from the root with person-number suffixes, and practice with examples.

Explore future perfect tense for Turkish back verbs (oo root), learn how to form it by adding person-specific suffixes, and practice conjugating verbs like bulmak, okumak, unutmak, vurmak, and durmak.

Explore Turkish future perfect with the third group of back verbs and their exceptional by heart conjugation. Practice per-person suffix patterns and conjugate verbs like jump, start, work, and stay.

Explore Turkish future perfect conjugation for front verbs in the first group. Learn to form will have constructions by adding person-specific suffixes to the verb root, with examples.

Learn second group of front verbs in Turkish future perfect. Conjugate roots with person suffixes across singular and plural, using examples like to take away, to walk, to think.

Explore the third and final group of front verbs in Turkish future perfect, featuring exceptional conjugation and fixed suffixes like oligo and Ola Jackson, with bilmek and vermek as examples.

Explore indefinite pronouns in Turkish with clear examples like everyone, everywhere, everything, someone, somewhere, something, nobody, nowhere, nothing, anybody, anywhere, and anything to boost daily speech.

Explore Turkish auxiliary verbs as helping verbs that attach to nouns or adjectives to form verbs, examples such as etmek, yapmak, kabul etmek, teslim etmek, red etmek, mutlu etmek, namaz.

Discover common Turkish slang expressions used by natives to blend in, such as ellerine sağlık, kolay gelsin, Allah, and other phrases for friends and everyday situations.

Explore Turkish words borrowed from English, including bank, market, bus, hotel, restaurant, biscuit, music, film, television, concert, taxi, camera, office, internet, radio, pastry, pasta, chef, and pizza.

Learn commonly used Turkish proverbs to impress Turkish speakers and grasp everyday wisdom, including popular sayings about the heart, stomach, and silence.

Continue your journey as a Turkish speaker by using the course resources, grammar explanations, and vocabulary lists to read, speak, and listen more.