Turkish Phrases Blog

Damaris Kremida writes in the Turkish Daily News about her experiences learning Turkish.  She includes these tips (for those who are seriously learning Turkish):

1)   Make friends with Turks who can’t speak English. Talk to Turkish kids as often as you can. You won’t be so nervous practicing with them.

2)   Try new grammar “live”. Have fun with it.

3)   Dust off your dictionary and translate sentences from English to Turkish. Becker said the search for words to make meaning is an old and useful tool.

4)   Become a Turkish TV show fan. Pick a show and get hooked.

5)   Think in Turkish. String sentences in the car or as you walk down the street.

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I don’t claim to have checked out all the online dictionaries, but for what it’s worth, here’s the one I like best so far:Seslisozluk.com.

For one, it’s fast.  For two, it drops down a whole list of suggestions as you type, which is great for Turkish, as sometimes one might not know what the root of the word is.

It looks like there is a mobile option as well.

This dictionary is just easy to use overall and very helpful.

Found a better one?  Comments are welcome.

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A new Turkish online dictionary set to be launched on Sept. 26 looks like it could be a huge help to people who are learning Turkish phrases.  The cool thing about it is that it will have a sound file available for each word.  That’s why it is called, “Sesli Türkçe Sözlük,” which means “Turkish Dictionary with Sound”.

The dictionary is run by the Turkish Language Society (TDK).  The major catch is that if the new dictionary is like the old one, the whole site is in Turkish, which is challenging for beginners like me.  But hey, I’m looking forward to getting the exact pronunciation of lots of words!

Here’s the whole article.

Update: Here’s the link to the Sesli Türkçe Sözlük.  I’m not able to get the sound to work with the browsers I use.  Maybe it needs Explorer to work?!  And it is all in Turkish, which will be a challenge for beginners.  Go here to read about an easier to use dictionary.

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