Turkish Tea Time

We hope you never have to use the phrases in today's lesson, but better safe than sorry. Join us and learn how to tell someone your lost or that someone just ran off with that bag you just knew you should have left at home. (noobie)

-leri, -leri, -leri. . . after you say it enough, it doesn't sound like a suffix anymore. Today, we've got a fun lesson that plays with the many uses and ambiguity of -leri in Turkish. (intermediate)

We don't know how many in our audience are Star Wars geeks like us, but we do know Han shot first and that today's lesson is perfect for learning how to say "both" and "neither" in Turkish. (beginner)

Vowel harmony is the single biggest challenge to new Turkish learners. Join us today as we chat in detail about this part of the language and learn to harmonize like a barber shop quartet. (noobie)

Bugün Bir Şeftali Bin Şeftali'den bir pasaj okuyoruz. Hikaye cesur bir şeftalinin yolculuğunu anlatıyor. Yazarımızın adı Samad Behrengi. Kendisi Türkçe'ye çevrilen ve Türk çocukları tarafından yaygınca okunan birçok çocuk öyküsünün yazarı. (advanced)

My god! The pressure equalizer is malfunctioning and the Eigen values are all over the place! Quick, learn how to say decimals in Turkish so we can get this thing under control! (intermediate)

Thank you refrigerator for keeping our milk fresh and our chicken from making us sick. To talk about all the things you keep nice and cold for us, we're learning how to say all and every in today's lesson. (beginner)

Look at you! All dressed up and enjoying Istanbul's fine dining scene. Don't forget your language skills at home - impress that hot date by asking for the table in Turkish. (noobie)

We're not saying that sheep are the smartest animals in the world, but these two seem to be particularly clueless. Make sure you have a clue and join us today to learn about the construction -ip durmak. (intermediate)

Arrrrrr matey! We're sailing the wide open seas in today's lesson. We captured a couple of nouns off the coast of Barbary and have them tied up together in the brig. Keep in mind - when you put two nouns together in Turkish, you have to do something special. (beginner)

Join us for today's plural party at Turkish Tea Time. We'll be serving rakı, börek, and a huge party plate of -ler's and -lar's. (noobie)

Teknoloji o kadar hızlı ilerliyor ki gelişmeleri takip etmek artık neredeyse imkansız. Bugünkü dersimiz NTV'nin haberlerinden biri ve şimdiki nesilin halihazırda günümüzün sosyal medyasından nasıl sıkıldığını anlatıyor. (advanced)

Whether or not you are trying to convince your friend to come out with you, or you're the party pooper trying to get your friends off your case, you'll need the present conditional to do some convincing. (intermediate)

Uh oh. You should have known riding your bike down those stairs was a bad idea. Now you're in a foreign country and have a broken tooth. Don't worry - we're here to help you schedule that much-needed appointment with the dentist. (beginner)

What? Come again? Sorry? One more time? Today, we learn how to gracefully communicate that we have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. (noobie)