A Turkish Trip into Language and Landmarks | Visual Turkish

This lesson will help you:

• Greet people in Turkish, both formally and informally.

• Introduce yourself and others in a culturally appropriate way.

• Ask and answer "How are you?" in both formal and informal settings.

• Thank someone politely using different levels of formality.

• Use culturally appropriate titles.

This lesson will help you:

• Ask questions using Ne? (What?) and Kim? (Who?).

• Use demonstrative pronouns (Bu, Şu, O) to point at objects and people.

• Understand plural forms of demonstrative pronouns (Bunlar, Şunlar, Onlar).

• Recognize cultural politeness rules when referring to people.

• Practice simple conversation with common nouns and sentence structures.

This brief lesson will help you:

• Ask and answer location questions in Turkish.

• Understand and use demonstrative pronouns with places.

• Recognize and use the question root nere- correctly.

• Learn facts about landmarks like Topkapı Sarayı, Galata Kulesi, and Haliç.

• Reinforce polite farewell phrases like Görüşmek üzere.

This lesson will help you:

• Use plural suffixes (-lar / -ler) based on vowel harmony.

• Understand the rule of Büyük Ünlü Uyumu in Turkish grammar.

• Identify front and back vowels and their effect on suffixes.

• Form plurals for native and borrowed words.

• Use plurals in greetings and well wishes for natural speech.

• Learn and practice common Turkish greetings and wishes.

This lesson will help you:

• Master Turkish numbers from 0 to millions and their patterns.

• Learn that nouns stay singular after numbers in Turkish.

• Practice counting and saying years using number rules.

• Explore minarets and mosques in İstanbul’s Tarihi Yarımada.

• Discover Arabic loanword influence on Turkish pronunciation.

This lesson will help you:

• Learn 4-way vowel harmony and compare it to 2-way vowel harmony.

• Form Yes/No questions using mI with 4-way vowel harmony.

• Ask and answer simple questions about places and objects.

• Expand your vocabulary with common places.

• Discover famous landmarks in Taksim Meydanı and İstiklal Caddesi.

This lesson will help you:

• Use var and yok to express existence and absence.

• Form simple questions with mı/mi/mu/mü and var/yok.

• Use the locative case (-da / -de / -ta / -te) for in, on, at.

• Understand consonant assimilation after voiceless consonants.

• Combine locatives with demonstratives to describe location.

• Gain confidence using basic travel dialogues and questions.

This lesson will help you:

• Practice asking and answering questions about locations.

• Use the locative case with place names and nouns correctly.

• Learn food and meal vocabulary, focusing on Turkish breakfast.

• Use var/yok to describe availability on a menu or table.

• Build confidence in basic ordering phrases at restaurants.

This lesson will help you:

• Understand and use personal suffixes to show the subject.

• Form "to be" sentences with pronouns without a verb.

• Apply four-way vowel harmony to personal suffixes.

• Form negative sentences using değil with correct suffixes.

• Make Yes/No questions with mI and follow harmony rules.

• Recognize personal suffixes always come last after others.