Turkish Language Course - B1

Learn how to form the past continuous tense in Turkish using the -yor suffix with personal pronoun endings, and add the definite past suffix -di/-dı, with examples and negation.

Master past continuous tense questions in Turkish by forming positive and negative questions with appropriate suffixes, buffers, and pronoun endings for clear, accurate communication.

Master the future in the past in Turkish by applying the future tense suffix, the definite past suffix, and the personal pronoun suffix, with two-way vowel harmony and buffer letters.

Learn to use kendi to express own in Turkish, with phrases like benim kendi evim, bu kendi araban mı, and kendim or kendi başıma for doing it on your own.

Learn to use all of, one of, and none of in Turkish, with examples of possession suffixes, accusative suffixes, buffer letters, and Turkish double negatives.

Learn how Turkish verbal nouns form from verbs with suffixes mak/mak, ma/may, and ush/ish, using two-way vowel harmony and possessive adjectives.

Learn how Turkish verbal noun suffixes -mak (mac-mac) and -mama, with ablative, locative, or accusative endings and possession, express going to school and related feelings.

Master Turkish verbal nouns with the -ma/-me suffix. Apply accusative or dative endings to verbs like sev, düsünüyorum, and bekliyorum, and learn how possession affects the form before suffixes.

Explore the Turkish verbal noun suffix -ış and its four-way vowel harmony, showing how the action's manner is described with examples like singing, dancing, walking, smiling, and solid words.

Learn Turkish verbal adjectives by suffixing verbs with an/en, dık/dik/duk/dük, and tık/tik/tuk/tük, plus possessive endings; apply to present, past, and future contexts.

Explore how Turkish verbal adverbs are formed with can, anja, up, and eric to express while, when, or by doing, with examples of simple present and past tenses.

This lecture introduces Turkish suffixes -arak and -erek, which express 'by doing', with examples like by running, by walking, and by watching Turkish series, plus notes on bilerek and giderek.

Explore the Turkish suffix ken, meaning while or when, and its use with verbs, nouns, and adjectives. See examples like I listen to music while cooking in the kitchen.

Explore Turkish reported speech with imperatives, building sentences with verbal noun and accusative suffixes to express commands such as to sleep early, to do my homework, and to study more.

Explain Turkish necessity using gerek and lazım, and apply verbal noun forms with -ma/-me and possessive suffixes to express I must learn Turkish and related sentences.

Learn to express obligation in Turkish with have to, using the infinitive suffix, two-way vowel harmony, a buffer letter between vowels, personal pronouns, and verbal noun suffixes ma or me.

Master how to form should in Turkish using the -malı/-meli suffix with vowel harmony, apply personal pronouns and suffixes, and build affirmative and negative sentences with buffer letters between vowels.

Explore the Turkish past form of should have to express regrets about actions not done. Use positive and negative constructions with examples like I should have learned Turkish.

Explore the real conditional in Turkish by using if clauses across simple present, present continuous, past, and future tenses, with practical examples for everyday actions.

Explore unreal conditional in Turkish, using hypothetical if clauses like if I were you or if I were rich, and practice forming would with present and past tenses.

Master Turkish wish clauses: present wishes use vowel-harmony suffixes with no tense suffix; past wishes use definite past suffix, as in I wish I lived in Turkey.

Learn to express 'instead of' and 'rather than' in Turkish with practical examples for everyday sentences.

Study how to use 'despite' in Turkish with nouns, pronouns, and verbs, applying dative suffixes, verbal noun suffixes ma/ma, and possessive suffixes.

Learn how Turkish forms 'even if' using -ebil/-abil or -sa/-sA, with accusative endings. Explore the separated da/de form and practical examples.

Explore Turkish reciprocal verbs and how suffixes -ish, -ush, and -lush express actions with or to each other. Learn which verbs take these suffixes and how vowel harmony shapes form.