About Türkiye
 
 
The Turkish language is rich with beautiful sounds and has a few more letters than English! For the most part, the Turkish alphabet has Latin letters, except for:

Turkish Characters

It is a diverse language that sounds the way it looks. Below, you will see some Common Turkish Phrases. Go ahead and give them a try!

Once you’ve mastered these everyday Turkish sayings, you can comfortably have a conversation with a local! Not sure how to pronounce them?... Just ask one of our friendly Carassauga volunteers during the festival, and they’ll gladly help you out!

Türkce-Turkish Ingilizce-English
Merhaba
(mer-ha-ba)		 Hello
Nasilsiniz?
(na-sihl-sih-nihz)		 How are you?
Iyiyim, tesekkürler. Ya siz?.
(e-yim teh-sheh-kure-e-de-rim)		 I’m good, thank you, how are you?
Tanistigimiza memnun oldum.
(tah-nish-tih-mihz-ah, mem-noon-ol-dum)		 Nice to meet you.
Neredensiniz?
(neh-re-den-sih-niz)		 Where are you from?
Ben Kanadaliyim.
(ben- kanada-lih-yim)		 I’m Canadian.
Ne kadar?
(ne kah-dah)		 How much is it?
Saatiniz var mi?
(saht-i-niz, var-mih)		 Do you have the time?
Çok güzel!
(chok-ghoo-zel) 		It’s very good!
Tesekkür ederim
(teh-sheh-kur-e-de-rim)
Thank you
Rica Ederim / Birsey degil..
(rhe-jha-ed-e-rim. Bir-shay-de-yil)		 You’re welcome.
Iyi günler
(ee-goon-ler)
Have a good day.
Güle Güle.
(gulay-gulay)

Goodbye

(Said when you are the one staying behind)