Turkish Greetings
Posted by turkblog on Tue, 07/24/2007 - 04:04 in
I would like to write some greetings in Turkish. I hope it helps Turkish learners.
| merhaba or selam | : | hello | günaydın | : | good morning |
| iyi günler | : | good afternoon or have a nice day | iyi akşamlar | : | good evening |
| iyi geceler | : | good night | hoşça kal | : | bye |
| selamun aleykum | : | holy type greeting | aleykum selam | : | the response of this holy type greeting |
| görüşürüz | : | see you | kendine iyi bak | : | take care (of yourself) |
| Allaha ısmarladık | : | another type bye (said by who leaves) | güle güle | : | response of this bye (said by who stays) |
| nasılsın? | : | how are you? (informal and singular "you") | iyiyim | : | I am fine |
| nasılsınız? | : | how are you? (formal or plural "you") | ya sen? | : | and you? (as "what about you?" informal and singular) |
| ya siz? | : | and you? ("what about you?" formal or plural) | ben de iyiyim | : | I am fine too |
| teşekkürler | : | thanks | teşekkür ederim | : | thank you |
| rica ederim | : | you are welcome | bir şey değil | : | not at all |
| sağ ol | : | an informal type "thanks" | hoş geldin | : | welcome (informal and singular) |
| hoş geldiniz | : | welcome (formal or plural) | hoş bulduk | : | the response of "welcome" |
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