Learn Turkmen - Beginner to Advanced

Introduce the Turkmen alphabet in Latin script, featuring 30 letters, with C and V absent and eight non-English letters. Practice reading in three steps: small words, longer words, then sentences.

Explore Turkmen vowels with practical examples, including ah in Ashgabat and Adam, e in Eric and iki, ou in uchar, and look, yarkhill.

Explore turkmen consonants building on prior vowel lessons, using real-word examples like big, chaga, dag, fabrik, jam, coffee, and radio to illustrate pronunciation.

Practice reading turkmen by repeating short words and focusing on pronouncing each letter after finishing the alphabet. This exercise introduces basic vocabulary and invites rewatching for longer words.

Practice reading longer Turkmen words and pronunciation, focusing on repeating letters to improve accuracy, with guidance to rewatch and anticipate short sentence practice in the next video.

Practice Turkmen pronunciation by reading short and longer sentences in the third exercise, repeating after the instructor and reviewing phrases like where's the toilet.

Learn Turkmen basics with vocabulary and short conversations, including greetings, asking how you are, formal versus informal forms, and word-for-word translations.

Learn how to ask and tell where you are from in Turkmen, using informal and formal forms, with country names and example dialogues to practice pronunciation.

Learn how to ask what languages someone speaks and how to say which languages you speak in Turkmen, using informal and formal variants with practical pronunciation and example conversations.

Learn how to ask someone their age and to state your age in Turkmen, using informal and formal forms, with a guided dialogue, vocabulary, and word-for-word translation.

Learn how to ask what someone's hobbies are in Turkmen and how to tell your own hobbies. Explore informal and formal variants, basic vocabulary, and a sample conversation with translation.

Learn to ask what job you do or what you study in Turkmen, using informal and formal forms, with professions and university studies vocabulary and a practical dialogue.

Listen to a Turkmen conversation, then repeat with word-by-word English translations to track understanding before grammar. The lesson covers greetings, languages, hobbies, ages, and study topics through a basic dialogue.

Explore the big vowel harmony rule, separating back and front vowels, with examples, and note that harmony governs pronouns, verbs, and suffixes.

Explore Turkmen personal pronouns in this lesson, including I (men), you (sin), he, she, it, we, you plural (cis), and they for men or women, with example sentences.

Learn Turkmen sentence structure and the SOV order, with subjects first, then objects, then verbs; practice forming interrogatives using the same word order.

Learn Turkmen interrogatives by adding vowel-harmony suffixes to the end of sentences. Suffix choice depends on front versus back vowels, with examples included.

Learn to recognize singular nouns in Turkmen's nominative case, one of six cases, and understand their role in subject conjugation, vowel harmony, and gender neutrality.

Identify plural nouns in the nominative case as the subject. Pluralize with vowel-harmony suffixes: back vowels take lah, front vowels ler.

Explore Turkmen possessive pronouns and their forms—my, your, his, her, its, our, your plural, and their—and practice using them in example sentences.

Conjugate present simple Turkmen back verbs by adding suffixes yaran, ya-sin, ja, yarosh, yarsanis, and jala to verbs like namak, yazmak, and yatmak.

Master the present simple front verbs in Turkmen and conjugate them with suffixes for each person and number. All front verbs follow the same pattern.

Learn three Turkmen negation methods: dul at the end, yok at the end, and verb suffixes may be added based on the big vowel harmony, with practical examples.

Explore Turkmen accusative case (Rthy) and how singular nouns take suffixes under vowel harmony. Learn suffix e or n before the suffix and preview plural accusatives in the next lesson.

Recognize plural nouns and apply the accusative case in Turkmen, using suffixes guided by big vowel harmony for back and front vowels. Practice with examples: birds, boys, days, apples.

Learn how Turkmen object pronouns are based on personal pronouns, formed by adding a letter or two, and practice using them in example sentences.

Learn Turkmen numbers from zero to twenty with pronunciation and a short recall exercise to test memory, providing basic counting practice for beginners.

Learn to count from 20 to 100 in Turkmen, understanding that numbers combine a decimal part with the unit, and practice decoding examples like 39, 144, 1383, and 2200.

Count from 100 to 1000 in Turkmen, review decimals, and master the hundreds practice where the amount comes first before the word for hundred, with examples from 200 to 900.

Learn to count from 1000 to 10,000 in Turkmen, including the formation of thousands and examples from 2000 onward, with practice on multi-thousand numbers.

Learn Turkmen ordinal numbers by adding suffixes to cardinal numbers according to big vowel harmony, with examples from first to tenth and basic sentence usage.

Explore pronouns bu for near items and that for far items, with examples like bu notebook, bu talib, bu rosa, and that is a cat, a pencil, or a basket.

Explore Turkmen plural demonstrative pronouns and their use with examples like these are notebooks, these are students, and those are cats.

Master essential Turkmen vocabulary with 24 videos, featuring days, months, family, weather, colors, foods, sports, animals, clothing, body parts, earth, home goods, travel, groceries, occupations, and celebration days.

Learn the days of the week in Turkmen and related vocabulary, with example sentences like on Tuesday I go to the supermarket and on the weekend I go on holiday.

Discover the months of the year in Turkmen, learn capitalization rules, and practice using each month in simple sentences.

Explore the family tree and learn key kinship terms. Form simple sentences with the new vocabulary, using examples like living in Istanbul and a brother who is a doctor.

Learn Turkmen color vocabulary by exploring common color names, from white and black to red, yellow, green, blue, brown, gray, purple, beige, pink, and orange.

Learn Turkmen weather vocabulary and phrases to describe conditions such as hot, cold, rainy, foggy, and windy. Also learn umbrella and season related terms.

Learn Turkmen fruit vocabulary by listing alma, appelsin, mandarin, chaitali, strawberry, karpos, gavon, melon, kiwi, lemon, and other fruits.

Learn turkmen vocabulary for vegetables, including potato, carrot, onion, paprika, tomato, cucumber, eggplant, and broccoli, and practice ordering produce with phrases like 'one kilogram of potatoes, please'.

Explore a variety of sports such as football, badminton, hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, baseball, golf, boxing, swimming, running, and bodybuilding.

Explore a basic animal vocabulary in Turkmen, introducing common animals such as cat, dog, goose, fish, horse, cow, sheep, pig, rabbit, and chicken.

Learn Turkmen vocabulary for clothes, from coats and jackets to jeans, skirts, shirts, swimsuits, and shoes, across two lessons.

Expand your Turkmen clothing vocabulary by naming items such as sneakers, boots, flip flops, sandals, scarves, purses, wallets, hats, beanies, belts, wristwatches, glasses, sunglasses, and gloves.

Learn Turkmen body parts through a beginner-friendly pronunciation guide covering mouth, ear, neck, chest, belly, back, shoulder, arm, hand, leg, knee, foot, and toe.

Explore vocabulary related to Earth, the continents, and oceans, including the Americas, Africa, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, plus sun and moon.

Learn Turkmen vocabulary for home items and rooms—from kitchen and living room to balcony and toilet—and practice simple sentences like I live in an apartment.

Learn Turkmen bakery vocabulary by naming products you find. Include bread varieties, croissant, sandwich, pies, cookies, cake, dessert, donuts, rock cheese, sweet milk, soak juice, and sweet water.

Learn essential train station vocabulary, including platform, waiting room, boarding pass, first class, and bus stop.

Learn airport vocabulary for beginners in Turkmen, including terms for departures, arrivals, boarding passes, security, customs, gate, and tarmac delays, with practice through example sentences.

Learn essential hotel vocabulary in Turkmen, including reservation, reception, baggage, room types, deposit, and facilities like indoor swimming pools, with example sentences.

Learn Turkmen vocabulary for night shop products, including gas leak, soda, water, beer, liquor, cigarettes, chips, candies, chillum, Zagorka, and lighter, presented through practical examples.

Explore essential supermarket product vocabulary, from cheese and yogurt to lentils and pasta, with practical phrases like I would like beans, please.

Learn practical supermarket vocabulary and phrases for shopping lists, groceries, and common products like shampoo, toothpaste, bread, and pasta sauce, with sample buying dialogues.

Explore Turkmen food and drink places vocabulary, including restaurant, bar or tavern, cafe, club, pizzeria, takeaway, and Italian restaurant, then practice with example sentences.

Learn Turkmen food sector occupations and vocabulary, including cook, chef, pastry chef (konditor), barista, waiter, waitress, barman, cashier, and officiant, with example sentences.

Explore the most important celebration days of Turkmenistan, including New Year's Day, International Women's Day, Nowruz, Novruz holiday, Constitution and state flag day, Independence Day, Memorial Day, and Neutrality Day.

Learn to tell the time in turkmen using the key vocabulary sargat and minutes after and before the hour, with examples like 10:00, 10:05, and 10:15.

Learn the 13 Turkmen question words with examples for who, where, when, why, what, name, and how to boost basic conversation skills.

Learn the past simple conjugation of Turkmen back verbs using suffixes such as dem, duck, dungus, and dela. See examples like namak and yasamak to illustrate the endings.

Learn front verbs in Turkmen past simple, master conjugation by adding person-and-number suffixes, and practice with examples like to speak, to see, to know, and to love.

Explore how to conjugate back verbs in Turkmen future simple with a single suffix, using examples like play, write, study, and sleep.

Explore forming the Turkmen future simple with front verbs by adding the single suffix jek to all subjects, illustrated with golemic, görmek, bilmek, and souchek.

Discover how the Turkmen dative case marks the recipient and influences noun conjugation with suffixes for back or front vowels, applied to singular nouns with examples.

discover how to recognize plural nouns in the Turkmen dative case, the recipient of an action, and pluralize them using big vowel harmony with suffixes ah or eh.

Learn Turkmen object pronouns in this lesson by exploring forms for me, you, him/her/it, us, you (plural), and them for men and women, with example sentences.

Explore Turkmen location prepositions, including above, in front of, over and under, between, beside, below, behind, and in the middle of, with example sentences from the lecture.

Learn to use Turkmen time prepositions, form suffixes d, r, or a with vowel harmony, and apply examples like at 3:00, on Monday, in June, around, before, for a week.

Explore the locative case in Turkmen and how it shapes noun conjugation. Learn about singular nouns, vowel harmony, and suffix rules (dha for back vowels, d for front vowels).

Recognize plural nouns in Turkmen using the locative case and big vowel harmony. Apply suffixes da or de based on back or front vowels to pluralize nouns in example sentences.

Learn Turkmen reflexive pronouns and their uses, including myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves, and practice implementing them in sentences.

Learn to use adverbs of frequency in Turkmen, such as daily, always, almost always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, and never, to describe routine actions.

Master the Turkmen ablative case by learning suffixes for back and front vowels in singular nouns, with examples and practical usage.

Learn to recognize and pluralize Turkmen nouns in the ablative case using big vowel harmony, applying suffixes like dun to back-vowel nouns and appropriate front-vowel suffixes with practical examples.

Explore Turkmen conjunctions in this first lesson, learning how to connect clauses and sentences using and, but, or, because, and so across four categories to boost your speech.

Master time conjunctions such as if, while, as soon as, before, now, after, as long as, and since to connect clauses and express timing.

Explore Turkmen conjunctions that express cause and effect, including because, so that, and causing, with practical examples from the third lesson on conjunctions.

Explore Turkmen conjunctions that express conditions, such as if, in case, as long as, and unless, and learn how they connect clauses and sentences in Turkmen.

Explore the genitive case for singular Turkmen nouns, learn suffix rules to show possession, and see examples like my father's book and the wing of the duck.

Learn to recognize plural nouns and apply the genitive case to show possession in Turkmen, guided by the big vowel harmony and suffix rules for back and front vowels.

Master Turkmen indefinite pronouns by exploring examples like everyone, everywhere, everything, someone, somewhere, something, nobody, nowhere, and anything to improve your Turkmen speech.

Celebrate your milestone as you begin a continual journey to learn Turkmen, using the course's grammar, resources, and attached vocabulary and verb lists to read, speak, and listen more effectively.